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)

Described the first moutonnée rock with presence of striated surface

A rocha “moutonée” de Salto, Estado de São Paulo. Bol. Geol. Mineral. 5:112-8, 1948

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) 1950

GENERA

Acantholeaia 

Candonopsis 

Pachecoia 

Species

Acantholeaia regoi 

Palaeolimnadia petrii 

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)