Ignacio Aureliano Machado Brito, Brazilian geologist and invertebrate paleontologist (Rio de Janeiro 29 July 1938 – Araguari, Minas Gerais State 18 September 2001)
Son of Paraiba governor Gratuliano da Costa Brito
Authored over 100 works
DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA
Genera
Mollusca
Species
Bulimulus sommeri 1974 with Palma
Coilopoceras lucianoi 1969 with Oliveira
Coilipoceras mauryae 1969 with Oliveira
Coilopoceras sergipensis 1969 with Oliveira
Cortana carvalhoi 1967
Cyclodontina coelhoi 1974 with Palma
Elobiceras brasiliensis 1970
Fagesia multiplex 1971
Hoplitoides brasiliensis 1969 with Oliveira
Hoplitoides duartei 1969 with Oliveira
Leiostracus ferreirai 1974 with Palma
Mammites sergipensis 1969 with Oliveira
Metengonoceras oliveirai 1967
Neithea bahiaensis 1967
Pseudotissotia benderi 1969 with Oliveira
Spathites simplex 1969 with Oliveira
Vortidfex fluminensis 1967
Echinodermata
Species
Agassizia eugeniae 1974 with Ramires
Clypeaster aloysioi 1959
Clypeaster paraensis 1979
Hemiaster cearensis 1981
Linthia romanoi 1981
Phyllacanthus priscus 1974 with Ramires
Crustacea
Species
Callinectes ferreirai 1971
Callinectes pirabensis 1971
Uca antiqua 1972
Acritarcha
Genera
Dactylofusa 1965 with Santos
Evittia 1966
Maranhites 1965
Pseudolunulidia 1965 with Santos
Species
Dactylofusa maranhensis 1965 with Santos
Dactylofusa striata 1965 with Santos
Dactylofusa velifera 1965 with Santos
Duvernaysphaera gothica 1967
Duvernaysphaera radiata 1967
Duvernaysphaera tenuimarginata 1967
Evittia sommeri 1967
Leiofusa bispinosoides 1965 with Santos
Leiofusa bisubulata 1984 with Quadros
Leiofusa communis
Leiofusa muelleri 1965 with Santos
Leiofusa sommeri 1965 with Santos
Maranhites brasiliensis 1965
Maranhites pulcher 1967
Navifusa brasiliensis 1965 with Santos
Navifusa cylindrica 1967 with Santos
Navifusa eisenacki 1965 with Santos
Navifusa multistriata
Pseudolunulidia glabrata
Pseudolunulidia imperatrizensis 1965 with Santos
Pseudolunulidia laevigata 1985 with Quadros
Pseudolunulidia micropunctata 1985 with Quadros
Pterospermella reticulata
Pterospermopsis brasiliensis 1967
Pterospermopsis pernambucensis 1967
Ephemeroptera
Genus
Palaeobaetodes 1987
Species
Palaeobaetodes costalimai 1987
Sporae/Pollen
Species
Archaeotriletes deformis 1967
HONORS (Fossil)
Britopygus Dunlop & Martill 2001 (Arachnida)
Britoichthys Figueiredo 2004 (Pisces)