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{{Short description|Brazilian paleontologist}}
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| death_date              = {{death date|1954|10|28}} (aged 53-54)
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'''Vicentino Prestes de Almeida''' (1900 - October 28, 1954) was a Brazilian [[paleontologist]].
== Biography==
Prestes was born in1900 in [[Chiniquá]], [[Rio Grande do Sul]], [[Brazil]], and was a self-taught [[paleontologist]]. Beginning in 1925, he worked with many visiting [[paleontologist]]s in both [[Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul|Santa Maria]] and [[São Pedro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul|São Pedro do Sul]] in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Many of the fossils collected by Prestes are in [[museum]]s in [[Porto Alegre]], such as the [[Júlio de Castilhos Museum]], the [[Museu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul|Zoobotanical Natural History Museum of Rio Grande do Sul]], the [[Museum of Science and Technology (PUCRS)]] and the [[Institute of Geosciences of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul#Museum of Paleontology Irajá Damiani Pinto|Museum of Paleontology Irajá Damiani Pinto]].
[[Friedrich von Huene]] named the carnivorous [[Triassic]] reptile ''[[Huenesuchus|Prestosuchus chiniquensis]]'' in Prestes's honor (from Prestes and Chiniquá, his birthplace).<ref>von Huene, Friedrich (1942) "Lieferungen 3/4. Pseudosuchia, Saurischia, Rhynchosauridae und Schlussabschnitt" ("Parts 3/4. Pseudosuchia, Saurischia, Rhynchosauridae, and Conclusions") ''Die Fossilen Reptilien des Südamerikanischen Gondwanalandes: Ergebnisse der Sauriergrabungen in Südbrasilien 1928/29'' (''The Fossil Reptiles of South American Gondwanaland: Results of the Dinosaur Expeditions in southern Brazil 1928/29'') C. H. Beck, Munich, Germany, pp. 161&ndash;332, {{OCLC|72550227}}</ref><ref>Couto, Carlos de Paula (1944) "Repteis e mamiferos fosseis do Brasil" An. IX. Congr. Brasil. Geogr., 8, 167—206, 15 Abb., Rio de Janeiro</ref>
Prestes organized and arranged the fossils for the Instituto de Educação General Flores da Cunha<ref>[http://www.aredencao.com.br/instituto.htm "Parque Farroupilha (Redenção): Instituto de Educação General Flores da Cunha"] in Portuguese; [https://archive.today/20120310201327/https://www.webcitation.org/664E3faFx?url=http://www.aredencao.com.br/instituto.htm Archive]</ref> and contributed considerably to the Paleorrota Geopark.
He died on October 28, 1954, in [[São Pedro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul|São Pedro do Sul]], [[Brazil]], aged 53 or 54.
== Notes ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book|title=Os Fascinantes Caminhos da Paleontologia (Dazzling Paleonotogical Paths)|author=Isaia, Antônio|publisher=Grafica Editora Pallotti|location=Porto Alegre, Brazil|language=Portuguese}}  length: 60 pages; Guide to the fossil finds in Rio Grande do Sul, and especially in the Santa Maria area.
* {{Cite book|title=Cronologia Histórica de Santa Maria e do extinto município de São Martinho: 1787-1930|author=Beltrão, Romeu|publisher= Grafica Editora Pallotti|year=1979|edition=second|language=Portuguese|oclc=10022858}} length: 582 pages
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