Octávio Mateus (born 1975) is a

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dinosaur

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Professor of Paleontology at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da

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. He graduated in Universidade de Évora and received his PhD at Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 2005. He collaborates with

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, known for their dinosaur collection. His former PhD advisor was

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. He is an expert on dinosaurs, particularly

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dinosaurs of Portugal, but he has also worked with specimens from

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, the

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New dinosaur taxa he has helped name include '' Lourinhanosaurus antunesi'' (1998), '' Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis'' (1999), '' Tangvayosaurus hoffeti'' (1999), '' Draconyx loureiroi'' (2001), '' Lusotitan atalaiensis'' (2003), '' Europasaurus holgeri'' (2006), '' Allosaurus europaeus'' (2006), '' Angolatitan adamastor'' (2011)'','' ''

Torvosaurus gurneyi ''Torvosaurus'' () is a genus of carnivorous megalosaurid Theropoda, theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 165 to 148 million years ago during the late Middle Jurassic, Middle and Late Jurassic Period (geology), period (Callovian to Tithoni ...

'' (2014), ''

Zby atlanticus ''Zby'' is an extinct genus of turiasaurian sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian stage) of the Lourinhã Formation, central west Portugal. It contains a single species, ''Zby atlanticus''. It is named after Georges ...

'' (2014), ''

Galeamopus ''Galeamopus'' is a genus of herbivorous diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs. It contains two known species: ''Galeamopus hayi'', known from the Late Jurassic lower Morrison Formation (Kimmeridgian age, about 155 million years ago) of Wyoming, Unit ...

'' (2015), ''Issi saaneq'' (2021), and '' Iberospinus natarioi'' (2022). Since 1991, Octávio Mateus has organized dinosaur excavations in Portugal, as well as Laos (Southeast Asian) with the French team of the

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, led by Prof.

Philippe Taquet Philippe Taquet (b. April 25, 1940 Saint-Quentin, Aisne) is a French paleontologist who specializes in dinosaur systematics of finds primarily in northern Africa. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences since November 30, 2004, president ...

. He has recently worked in Angola, where he discovered ''

Angolatitan ''Angolatitan'' (meaning "Angolan giant") is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. It is also the first non-avian dinosaur discovered in Angola. The genus contains a single species, ''Angolatitan adamastor'', kn ...

'', the first Angolan dinosaur in the scope of a project in the area of vertebrate paleontology of Angola. He collaborates with diverse international scientific institutions as the scientific council member of the German foundation Verein zur Förderung der niedersächsischen Paläontologie. He also studied dinosaur tracksMilàn, J., Christiansen, P., & Mateus, O. (2005). A three-dimensionally preserved sauropod manus impression from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: implications for sauropod manus shape and locomotor mechanics. Kaupia, 14. and eggs, phytosaurs, chelonians, and whales. In 2012, he integrated an expedition to the Triassic of Greenland in Jameson Land.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mateus, Octavio Portuguese paleontologists 1975 births Living people Portuguese biologists University of Évora alumni