Os Paleóntologos Brasileiros

The Author describes, under a personal view, the Brazilian paleontological scenary and its actors. He starts describing very briefly the different contributions to the fossil bibliography, with the Priest Manuel Ayres de Casal, who wrote reference to Brazilian pleistocene mammals, in 1819. Lund and all the pioneer scientists are mentioned, with short explanations. Agassiz, Hartt, Derby, Maury, Euzébio de Oliveira, Mathias Roxo, Price, Camargo Mendes, Kegel, the Petrobrás paleontologists, and several younger scientists are mentioned, with brief references to their work.