RODRIGO GIESTA FIGUEIREDO
Professor, Departamento de Biologia/UFES · Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Biography
Professor in the Department of Biology at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Alegre Campus. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Fluminense Federal University (2007), a Master’s degree (2010), and a Ph.D. (2015) in Biological Sciences (Zoology) from the National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His academic background includes expertise in vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy, systematics, and evolution, with research primarily focused on paleontology and herpetology. He currently serves as Curator of the Paleontology Collection at the Natural History Museum of Southern Espírito Santo (MUSES/UFES), Coordinator of the Jacarés Rurais Project, and member of the PALEOANTAR Project.
Recent Scopus Publications
- The phylogenetic nomenclature of Caimaninae (Crocodylia: Alligatoroidea)
- First dercetid fish from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica
- The Antarctic’s Gondwanan cousin: a new Dynomenidae (Crustacea, Dromioidea) from the Santa Marta Formation, James Ross Basin, Antarctica
- Kidneys and adrenal glands of Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1802) (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae): morphology and morphometry
- Morphological comparison of the larynx and trachea of Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758), Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1802) and Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802)
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4304-6434
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=26428124000