Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida, Brazilian geologist (Rio de Janeiro 18 February 1916 - São Paulo 02 August 2013)
Authored over 250 works
ACHIEVEMENTS
Described first Pre-Cambrian fossils in South America Collenia itapevensis (1944)
Defined South American platform (1969)
Co-authored a paper with great repercussion that confirmed the geochronological correlation between Brazil and Africa continent
With P.M. Hurley, G.C. Melcher, U.G. Cordani, J.R. Rand, K. Kawashita, P. Vandoros, W.H. Pinson & H.W. Fairbarn. Test of continental drift by means of radiometric ages. Science 157 (3788):495-500, 1967
DESCRIBED (Fossil Crustacea)
GENERA
Acantholeaia 1950
Candonopsis 1950
Pachecoia 1950
Species
Acantholeaia regoi 1950
Palaeolimnadia petrii 1950
Cyzicus (Lioestheria) mendesi
Cyzicus (Lioestheria) barbosai
Pachecoia acuminata
Pachecoia rodriguesi
Candonopsis pyriformis
MEMBERSHIP/HONORS
Correspondent fellow, Societé Geologique de France
Vice-President, International Union of Geological Sciences (1980-4)
Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who (1971-2)
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Alberta (1991)
Genus Fernandoalmeidium Novozhilov 1961 (Fossil Crustacea)
Almeidaite Menezes Filho, Chukanov, Rastsvetaeva, Aksenov et al. 2013 (Mineral)