QUINZE ANOS DO LABORATÓRIO DE PALEONTOLOGIA DE MACROINVERTEBRADOS (LAPALMA) DA UNESP/BAURU: PRINCÍPIO, ESTABILIDADE E CONTRIBUIÇÕES À PALEONTOLOGIA NACIONAL

Fifteen years of the Macroinvertebrate Paleontology Laboratory (LAPALMA) at Unesp/Bauru: principle, stability, and contributions to national paleontology. The Macroinvertebrate Paleontology Laboratory (LAPALMA) celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2022, and since then has been actively contributing to the development of Brazilian paleontology. Founded by Prof. Dr. Renato Pirani Ghilardi at Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP) on the Bauru campus, with Actuopaleontology and the study of Paleoinvertebrates (Taxonomy, Taphonomy and Paleobiogeography) as the main lines of research. LAPALMA’s productivity has been growing exponentially, as well as participation in scientific events (PALEOs, Symposiums, Congresses, etc.). Finally, since 2007, the Laboratory has been developing several field works, which allow the construction of a scientific collection of extreme importance for the studies on paleoinvertebrates, mainly the Devonians. Keywords: Historical paleontology, scientometry, paleoinvertebrates, museology.