The Museu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul ("Museum of Natural Sciences of the Rio Grande do Sul Zoobotanical Foundation"), is a Brazilian museum located inside the

Porto Alegre Botanical Garden The Porto Alegre Botanical Garden is a Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul located on the street Salvador França, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. History The project for a botanical garden in Porto Alegre dates back to the beginning of the 19th centur ...

. Open from Monday to Sunday 9am to 12pm and from 13h30 to 17h. Emerged in 1954 from the breakup of a natural history collection of the

Júlio de Castilhos Museum Júlio de Castilhos Museum ( pt, Museu Júlio de Castilhos) is a museum located in the city of Porto Alegre ( Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). It is the oldest museum in Rio Grande do Sul state. Its collection, over 10 thousand pieces, is Brazilian na ...

.NEDEL, Letícia Borges. Breviário de um museu mutante. Horizontes Antropológicos, Porto Alegre, ano 11, n. 23, p. 87-112, jan/jun 2005.
/ref> The permanent exhibition features 49 windows, that approach the richness of species native to

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

, both flora and fauna. The show is organized in an evolutionary sequence: plant today, groups of animals and paleontological showcases. In this way, show the characteristic fauna of various ecosystems of the state: swamp, field and forest.

Paleontology

Here is an exhibition of fossils found in the

geopark A geopark is a protected area with internationally significant geology within which sustainable development is sought and which includes tourism, conservation, education and research concerning not just geology but other relevant sciences. In 20 ...

of paleorrota, besides contributing to publications on the subject.

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Site do Museu de Ciências Naturais
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Decuriasuchus ''Decuriasuchus'' is an extinct genus of loricatan from the Middle Triassic period (Ladinian stage). It is a carnivorous archosaur that lived in what is now southern Brazil, in Paleorrota. It was first named by Marco Aurélio G. França, Jorge Fe ...

at Museu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica File:Grupo de Decuriasuchus.JPG, Group of

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Paleontology

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