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Bachelor's degree in Geology from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2021), where he worked in curation of macrofossils at the Paleontology Laboratory, in preparation of palynomorph microfossils at the Geochemistry Laboratory and in petrophysics analysis of carbonate rocks at the Laboratory of Porous Media Properties and carried out extension projects in geology and paleontology dissemination. He developed scientific initiation in taphonomic analysis of Holocene microvertebrates and his undergraduate completion work in paleometry, fossildiagenesis and paleobiology of sponges and fossil cocoons from the Carboniferous of the Paraná Basin. Master's degree in Geology with an emphasis on Applied Paleontology, from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (2023), where he was a CAPES scholarship holder and developed research on dubiofossils, biominerals and biogenicity criteria in possible fossils from the Taciba Formation, Carboniferous of the Paraná Basin. Currently, a CNPq scholarship holder in the postgraduate course in Geosciences (PPGGEO) in the area of ​​​​paleontology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2023), where he develops research to evaluate the use of branchiopods as continental paleoenvironmental proxies over time, using as a case study Jurassic spiincaudates from the Paraná Basin in a multiproxy investigation of paleometry and sedimentary geochemistry. In 2022, he received the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH-NYC) Study Grants, executing the project in 2023, and in 2024 he received the Sepkoski Study Grants from the Paleontological Society (USA) to carry out part of the project and analyzes of the thesis at UFGRS (in progress). He has experience in the area of ​​fossildiagenesis and paleometry, mainly in the acquisition and treatment of data by Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (SEM-EDS) and Raman Spectrometry (RS) in fossils, in addition to multiproxy analysis and integration for taphonomy, paleoenvironmental interpretation and paleocology.

Activities

Employment (2)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

2023-09-09 to present | Researcher scholarship by CNPq (Geosciences - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
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João Pedro Saldanha

CAPES (Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination, Brazil): São Leopoldo, RS, BR

2021-04-03 to 2023-03-31 | Researcher scholarship by CAPES (Geology - University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos )
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BR

2023-09-02 to present | Ph.D (Geosciences)
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João Pedro Saldanha

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos: Sao Leopoldo, RS, BR

2021-04-04 to 2023-03-27 | Master of Sciences: sedimentary geology with applied paleontology (Geology)
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João Pedro Saldanha

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: Florianópolis, SC, BR

2015-03-09 to 2021-03-02 | Undergraduate (Geology)
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Works (9)

Linha São Luiz Geosite, Rio Grande do Sul State: 25 years of discoveries, and a unique window to the Brazilian Mesozoic

Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil
2024-10-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Flavio Pretto; Leonardo Kerber; Agustín Martinelli; João Pedro Saldanha; Romulo Cenci; Rodrigo Horodyski; Gustavo Corrêa De Almeida; Helena da Silva Bertol; Daniel de Simão Oliveira; Debora Moro et al.
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Exploring the restricted Lontras Shale fossil record: Data biases or preservational casualties?

Sedimentary Geology
2023-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0037-0738
Contributors: João Pedro Saldanha; Lucas Del Mouro; Bruno Becker-Kerber; João Henrique Zahdi Ricetti; Patrícia da Rocha Marques Nunes Balistieri; Luiz Carlos Weinschütz; Breno Leitão Waichel
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Deciphering the origin of dubiofossils from the Pennsylvanian of the Paraná Basin, Brazil

Biogeosciences
2023-09-27 | Journal article
Contributors: João Pedro Saldanha; Joice Cagliari; Rodrigo Scalise Horodyski; Lucas Del Mouro; Mírian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco
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Deciphering the origin of dubiofossils from the Pennsylvanian of the Paraná Basin, Brazil

2023-05-17 | Preprint
Contributors: João Pedro Saldanha Saldanha; Joice Cagliari; Rodrigo Sacalise Horodyski; Lucas Del Mouro; Mírian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco
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Taphonomy and paleoecology of the Lontras Shale Lagerstätte: Detailing the warming peak of a Late Paleozoic Ice Age temperate fjord

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2023-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0031-0182
Contributors: João Pedro Saldanha; Lucas Del Mouro; Rodrigo Scalise Horodyski; Matias do Nascimento Ritter; Hugo Schmidt-Neto
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Taphonomy and Paleoecology of Lontras Shale Lagerstätte: Detailing the Interglacial Apex of a Late Paleozoic Ice Age Temperate Fjord

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2022 | Other
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2-s2.0-85179532551

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Saldanha, J.P.; Mouro, L.D.; Horodyski, R.S.; Ritter, M.D.N.; Schmidt-Neto, H.
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SPONGE FOSSIL OF BRAZIL: REVIEW AND PERSPECTIVES

PALEONTOLOGIA EM DESTAQUE - Boletim Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia
2021-12-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucas Del Mouro; João Pedro Saldanha
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Holocene small mammals hunted by owls and humans in southern Brazil: taphonomic evidence and biological significance

Boreas
2019-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0300-9483
Part of ISSN: 1502-3885
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João Pedro Saldanha
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Pennsylvanian sponge from the Mecca Quarry Shale, Carbondale Group (Indiana, USA) and the paleobiogeographic distribution of <i>Teganiella</i> in the paleoequatorial region of Laurentia

Journal of Paleontology
2019-02-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-3360
Part of ISSN: 1937-2337
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Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology. (2)