Laboratório Coleção Macrofósseis

@igeo.ufrj.br

Departamento de Geologia - Instituto de Geociências
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Laboratório Coleção Macrofósseis
Full professor at Rio de Janeiro Federal University. Researcher from CNPq and FAPERJ. Member of the Geoscience Centre of Coimbra University, Portugal.

EDUCATION

Undergraduate in Geology at Coimbra University, Portugal. MSc (1989) and DSc. (1993) at Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Brazil. Pos-doc (1999) at UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil.
Tem experiência na área de Geociências, com ênfase em Paleontologia Estratigráfica, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Cretáceo, paleoecologia, paleontologia, geologia e bacias sedimentares. Bolsista 1 A do CNPq e participante do Programa Cientistas do Nosso Estado - FAPERJ

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Geology, Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Earth-Surface Processes
177

Scopus Publications

8737

Scholar Citations

46

Scholar h-index

233

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Re-evaluation of the Early Cretaceous titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur Triunfosaurus leonardii from the Triunfo Basin, Brazil: implications for the initial radiations …
    PD Mannion, IS Carvalho
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 207 (1), zlag073 , 2026
    2026
  • Environmental refugies for Holocene megafauna in Brazil
    FH Cortes Faria, IS Carvalho, HI Araujo-Junior, CL Ximenes, ...
    QUATERNARY RESEARCH , 2026
    2026
  • Elcanidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) from the Crato Formation, Araripe Basin: Exquisite preservation and ecological implications
    G Nunes, I de Souza Carvalho
    Cretaceous Research, 106366 , 2026
    2026
  • Early Cretaceous freshwater bivalves from northeastern Brazil: Insights into the evolutionary history of South American freshwater mussels
    VR Silva, VB Guerrini, FG Varejão, RC Silva, K Collins, IS Carvalho, ...
    Cretaceous Research 178, 106212 , 2026
    2026
  • Enhancing paleoclimate reconstructions in the late Aptian North-Northeast Brazil using clay mineralogy
    VMJ Salgado-Campos, LC Bertolino, L Borghi, A de Moraes Rios-Netto, ...
    Evolving Earth, 100111 , 2026
    2026
  • Environmental refugies for Holocene megafauna in Brazil
    FHC Faria, I de Souza Carvalho, HI Araújo-Júnior, CL Ximenes, ...
    Quaternary Research, 1-9 , 2026
    2026
  • Genesis of the Quaternary megafauna fossil deposit of Lagoa do Rumo (state of Bahia, Brazil): Paleoenvironmental and paleoecological aspects
    R da Costa Ribeiro, FHC Faria, I de Souza Carvalho, HI de Araujo-Junior
    Quaternary International 751, 110022 , 2026
    2026
  • Imaging and spectroscopy techniques applied to characterise fossilisation processes and biomineralisation
    GL Oses, SL Belatto, SCM Limeira Junior, TP dos Santos, CL Rodrigues, ...
    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 13, 1669055 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Taphonomic features in the Quaternary megafauna of the Apa River (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
    CLP Miranda-Junior, FHC Faria, EM Facincani, IS Carvalho, FV Iori
    Brazilian Journal of Geology 55, e20250046 , 2025
    2025
  • Constraints and adaptations in crocodyliform skull evolution
    A Srinivas, JA Bright, JA Cunningham, SAS Tavares, F Ricardi-Branco, ...
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2058) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Evidence of piscivorous diet in an enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil
    FLK Salgado, LM Chiappe, R Neumann, I de Souza Carvalho
    Cretaceous Research 175, 106161 , 2025
    2025
  • A new large hypercarnivorous crocodyliform from the Maastrichtian of Southern Patagonia, Argentina
    FE Novas, D Pol, FL Agnolín, I de Souza Carvalho, M Manabe, T Tsuihiji, ...
    PLoS One 20 (8), e0328561 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Fossil fish provide evidence of geomelanin preservation with implications on the visual accuracy of an extinct fish species
    G Prado, RC Salvato, B Becker-Kerber, EP Silva, FL Pinheiro, GL Osés, ...
    Lethaia 58 (3), 1-17 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Jurassic dinosaurs from Brazil: the footprints from Parnaíba Province, Mosquito Formation
    I de Souza Carvalho, M Alfredo Medeiros, R Ribeiro Sarges, ...
    Italian Journal of Geosciences 144 (2), 198-208 , 2025
    2025
  • Reproductive organs of a Grylloidea fossil from the Cretaceous Araripe Basin, Brazil
    JJ Dias, IS Carvalho, PGB Souza-Dias, E Zefa, CL Barros, G Prado, ...
    Journal of the Geological Society 182 (3), jgs2024-211 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Predictive Model for FPSO Topsides Weight: A Data Science Case Applied to Surface Facilities
    TA Jambeiro, DD Fonseca, M Katekawa, R Nassur, MG Benfica, C Rocha, ...
    Offshore Technology Conference, D022S059R002 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Exceptional preservation in mayfly nymphs (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from the Early Cretaceous of the Las Hoyas fossil site
    ÁD Buscalioni, R Umamaheswaran, A Sánchez-García, AI López-Archilla, ...
    Cretaceous Research 167, 106052 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • 3,500 years BP: The last survival of the mammal megafauna in the Americas
    FHC Faria, I de Souza Carvalho, HI de Araújo-Júnior, CL Ximenes, ...
    Journal of South American Earth Sciences 153, 105367 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 10
  • Early Cretaceous freshwater bivalves from northeastern Brazil: Insights into the evolutionary history of South American freshwater mussels
    VR Silva, VB Guerrini, FG Vareja, RC Silva, K Collins, IS Carvalho, ...
    CRETACEOUS RESEARCH 178, 25 , 2025
    2025
  • Mass Extinction Events and Recoveries Among Animals
    I de Souza Carvalho, HI de Araújo Júnior, ACS Fernandes, J d'Oliveira
    Elsevier , 2025
    2025

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Sítios geológicos e paleontológicos do Brasil
    C Schobbenhaus, Brazil. Departamento Nacional da Produção Mineral, ...
    DNPM , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 197
  • Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil
    I de Souza Carvalho, LCB Ribeiro, L dos Santos Avilla
    Gondwana Research 7 (4), 975-1002 , 2004
    2004
    Citations: 194
  • Uberabatitan ribeiroi, a new titanosaur from the Marília Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Minas Gerais, Brazil
    L Salgado, I DE SOUZA CARVALHO
    Palaeontology 51 (4), 881-901 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 178
  • Baurusuchus salgadoensis, a new crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Cretaceous), Brazil
    I de Souza Carvalho, ACA Campos, PH Nobre
    Gondwana Research 8 (1), 11-30 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 168
  • An armadillo-like sphagesaurid crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil
    TS Marinho, IS Carvalho
    Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (1), 36-41 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 140
  • Mariliasuchus: um novo Crocodylomorpha (Notosuchia) do Cretáceo da Bacia Bauru, Brasil
    I de Souza Carvalho, RJ Bertini
    Geologia Colombiana 24 (1), 83-105 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 140
  • Paleontologia
    IS Carvalho
    Interciência Edition.[DAF] , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 125
  • Climate's role in the distribution of the Cretaceous terrestrial Crocodyliformes throughout Gondwana
    I de Souza Carvalho, ZB de Gasparini, L Salgado, FM de Vasconcellos, ...
    Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297 (2), 252-262 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 124
  • Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi, a new peirosaurid crocodile (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil
    CS TAVARES
    Zootaxa 1607, 35-46 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 124
  • Amazonsaurus maranhensis gen. et sp. nov.(Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of Brazil
    I de Souza Carvalho, L dos Santos Avilla, L Salgado
    Cretaceous Research 24 (6), 697-713 , 2003
    2003
    Citations: 123
  • Adamantinasuchus navae: a new gondwanan Crocodylomorpha (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil
    PH Nobre, I de Souza Carvalho
    Gondwana Research 10 (3-4), 370-378 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 97
  • Guia dos icnofósseis de invertebrados do Brasil
    ACS Fernandes
    Editora Interciência , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 97
  • Preservation of dinosaur tracks induced by microbial mats in the Sousa Basin (Lower Cretaceous), Brazil
    I de Souza Carvalho, L Borghi, G Leonardi
    Cretaceous Research 44, 112-121 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 96
  • Molecular composition and chemosystematic aspects of Cretaceous amber from the Amazonas, Araripe and Recôncavo basins, Brazil
    R Pereira, I de Souza Carvalho, BRT Simoneit, D de Almeida Azevedo
    Organic Geochemistry 40 (8), 863-875 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 94
  • Campinasuchus dinizi gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Cretaceous baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes) from the Bauru Basin, Brazil
    IDES CARVALHO, VDEPA TEIXEIRA, MLDAF FERRAZ, LCB RIBEIRO, ...
    Zootaxa 2871, 19-42 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 92
  • Bizarre notosuchian crocodyliform with associated eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Bolivia
    FE Novas, DF Pais, D Pol, I De Souza Carvalho, A Scanferla, A Mones, ...
    Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1316 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 86
  • A Mesozoic bird from Gondwana preserving feathers
    I de Souza Carvalho, FE Novas, FL Agnolín, MP Isasi, FI Freitas, ...
    Nature Communications 6 (1), 7141 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 85
  • First abelisaurid bone remains from the Maastrichtian Marilia Formation, Bauru basin, Brazil
    FE Novas, I de Souza Carvalho, LCB Ribeiro, AH Méndez
    Cretaceous Research 29 (4), 625-635 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 81
  • Candidodon: um crocodilo com heterodontia (Notosuchia, cretáceo Inferior-Brasil)
    IS Carvalho
    1994
    Citations: 81
  • Maniraptoran theropod ungual from the Marília Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil
    FE Novas, LCB Ribeiro, IS Carvalho
    Rev Mus Arg Ci Nat 7, 31-36 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 80