ANDRE EDUARDO PIACENTINI PINHEIRO

Professor in the Department of Sciences, Faculty of Teacher Training, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Campus of São Gonçalo (DCIEN, FFP, UERJ). Post-doctorate in geochronology at the Faculty of Geology of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Campus Maracanã (FGEL, UERJ). PhD in Vertebrate Paleobiology from the Geology Department of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Fundão Campus (DEGEO, UFRJ), with emphasis on paleogenic crocodyliforms from the Itaboraí Basin (Rio de Janeiro Paleogene). Master's degree in Regional Geology from the Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Campus Rio Claro (IGCE, UNESP), with emphasis on the phylogeny of the Crocodyliformes clade. Graduation in Biological Sciences, Licentiate modality, by the Biology Institute, of the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Campus Rio Claro (IB, UNESP). Graduation in Biological Sciences, Bachelor modality, by the Institute of Biosciences, Letters and Exact Sciences, of the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Campus São José do Rio Preto (IBILCE, UNESP). He works in the area of biology, sedimentary geology and paleontology of vertebrates, specializing in Crocodylomorpha (Archosauria). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)