There are a series of articles about conducting
paleontological / fossil hunting in Brazil in the
Scientist at Work: Notes form the Field in the
New York Times. The articles published so far are:
Have You Seen This Animal?
New York Times, April 11, 2012
http://scientistatwo...en-this-animal/
On the Origin of Therapsids
New York Times, April 12, 2012
http://scientistatwo...-of-therapsids/
How Old is the ‘Fire Stone’? By Ken Angielcyzk
New York Times, April 13, 2012
http://scientistatwo...the-fire-stone/
From Brazil’s Book of Rocks
New York Times, April 17, 2012
http://scientistatwo...-book-of-rocks/
Unearthing Dwellers of an Aquatic Past
New York Times, April 18, 2012
http://scientistatwo...n-aquatic-past/
Fossil Hunting Near ‘New York,’ Brazil
New York Times, April 20, 2012
http://scientistatwo...ew-york-brazil/
Back to the Scene of a Former Fossil Site
New York Times, April 24, 2012
http://scientistatwo...er-fossil-site/
Related paper:
Brito, D., R. Rohn, J. Carneiro de Castro, Ricardo
R. Dias, and R. Rössler, 2009, The Northern
Tocantins Petrified Forest, State of Tocantins –
The most luxuriant and important Permian
tropical-subtropical floristic record in the
Southern Hemisphere. in M. Winge and others
Sítios Geológicos e Paleontológicos do Brasil.
Brasília: CPRM
PDF file (English) at http://vsites.unb.br/ig/sigep/sitio104/sitio104english.pdf
PDF file (Spanish) at http://vsites.unb.br/ig/sigep/sitio104/sitio104.pdf
Best wishes,
Paul H.