Banca de DEFESA: RODOLFO COSTA DA SILVA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : RODOLFO COSTA DA SILVA
DATA : 10/03/2022
HORA: 14:00
LOCAL: https://meet.google.com/uvz-czjm-dqj
TÍTULO:

PALEOPATHOLOGIES IN QUTERNARY MAMMALS IN THE STATE OF PERNAMBUCO, MUNICIPALITY OF CARUARU: DIAGNOSIS, PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Paleopathology; Paleoecology; Paleoenvironment; Megafauna; Quaternary.

PÁGINAS: 83
GRANDE ÁREA: Outra
ÁREA: Ciências Ambientais
RESUMO:

Important approaches – such as paleopathology – are still incipient for some groups of the Quaternary Megafauna (e.g. toxodon, macrauchenia, mastodons) in the Brazilian Intertropical Region (RIB). The diseases originated in an ecological context, being related to the individuals' autoecology, and interrelated environmental factors may also have contributed to the incidence of diseases, triggering pathological metabolic disorders. The aim of this work is to analyze pathological changes in fossils of Quaternary mammals, and discuss their ecological, environmental and disease distribution implications in megafauna during the Quaternary period in the RIB. The materials to be analyzed belong to the Paleontology collection of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE) and were collected in a tank deposit located in Serra do Medo - Caruaru, State of Pernambuco (8°6.8225'S 36°6.0349'W) . Specimens were analyzed macroscopically. Diagnosis followed according to specific literature. New occurrences of Spondyloarthropathy, bone infection and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease were identified in representatives of the Megafauna of the RIB, in addition to being the first record of beign neoplasia and joint depression in animals of the Megafauna. It was possible to infer correlations between paleoecological/paleenvironmental information with new paleopathological findings, supporting the future understanding of the main causes of Pleistocene mammals to manifest such diseases.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Externa ao Programa - 8002 - ANA BERNADETE LIMA FRAGOSO
Externa à Instituição - ANA MARIA RIBEIRO
Presidente - 2431 - KLEBERSON DE OLIVEIRA PORPINO