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National Museum of Brazil destroyed by fire- UPDATED
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03-09-2018 5:07am#1The biggest Natural History Museum in Latin America has been destroyed by a fire:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/fire-engulfs-brazil-national-museum-rio
This Museum apparently housed the holotypes of Brazil's most famous prehistoric animals, including the first South American spinosaur known, Irritator/Angaturama, as well as Oxalaia and many Cretaceous pterosaurs (as well as mummies, insects, etc, up to 20 million specimens in total).
The fate of the Brazilian spinosaur remains echoes that of the original Spinosaurus aegyptiacus' remains found by Stromer, which were destroyed during a bombing in Munich during WWII.
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First paleontology exhibit to open at the National Museum of Brazil since the devastating fire, seemingly centered around Antarctic fossil finds:
https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/rios-national-museum-to-host-their-first-exhibition-since-devastating-fire/?fbclid=IwAR0Ou9VHF5i1T7qbhuubf-AmIu2JHqomwBBpOML6oZQa2AOgX0QzZ1-YFkQ
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Apparently not everything was lost- among the 2.000 items rescued from the ruins of the museum are 80% of the Pleistocene human skeleton "Luzia" (among the oldest in the Americas) as well as parts of a dinosaur's skeleton:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/around-2000-artifacts-have-been-saved-ruins-brazils-national-museum-fire-180971510/
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