Brazil Pre-History

260Mil BC
  Scientists in 2011 reported the discovery of the remains of a saber-toothed vegetarian. The leaf-crunching animal, about the size of a large dog, lived 260 million years ago in what is now Brazil. Its upper canine teeth were nearly 5 inches long.
   (AP, 25-3-2011)
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254.7Mil BC
  In 2012 scientists dated the 40km Araguainha crater, on the border of Brazil’s Mato Grosso and Goias states, to this time. They believed that the release of oil and gas from the impact of a meteorite led to the great Permian extinction.
   (Econ,  27-7-2013, p.64)
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110Mil BC
  In 2002 a pterosaur fossil from this time was discovered in Brazil that indicated it skimmed over water for food and had a huge bony crest on its head.
   (SFC, 19-7-2002, p.A5)
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90Mil BC  
 The Baurusuchus salgadoensis lived in an area of southeastern Brazil known as the Bauru Basin, some 700 kilometers (450 miles) west of modern-day Rio de Janeiro. The fossilized skeletons appear to be closely related to another ancient crocodile species, the Pabwehshi pakistanesis discovered in Pakistan.
   (AP, 9-6-05)
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80Mil BC
 A land-bound reptile, described as a possible link between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles, roamed arid and hot terrain that became Brazilian countryside about this time. A fossil of Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi was found in 2004 and displayed in 2008.
   (AP,31-1-08)
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48000 BC
  Charcoal from camp fires in the Pedra Faruda site of Piaui state were carbon dated in 1987 to about this time.
   (SFEC, 20-2-2000, p.A18)
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13000 BC  
 Human teeth and skull fragments from the Pedra Faruda site of Piaui state were carbon dated to about this time. Niede Guidon began excavations at the site in 1970.
   (SFEC, 20-2-2000, p.A18)
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9500 BC
  A female skull, aged 20-25, from this about this time was found near Belo Horizonte in c1995 and named Luzia. It was found to have characteristics similar to people from the South Pacific.
   (SFC, 23-5-1998, p.A13)
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1000BC-1000AD
 A civilization in Amazonia, called Patiti or Enin by archeologists, dug channels for an elaborate crop irrigation system.
   (SFEC, 6-12-1998, p.T12)
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