Carlos de Paula Couto (August 30, 1910 Porto Alegre, RS - November 15, 1982 Porto Alegre, RS) - Brazilian paleontologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 taxon names authored by Carlos de Paula Couto
• Asmithwoodwardia scotti Paula Couto, 1952
• Ernestokokenia parayirunhor Paula Couto, 1952
• Ernestokokenia protocenica Paula Couto, 1952
• Lamegoia conodonta Paula Couto, 1952
• Sirenotherium pirabense Paula Couto, 1967
• Xenocnus cearensis Paula Couto, 1980

Publications

• Paula Couto, C. 1952: Fossil mammals from the beginning of the Cenozoic in Brazil. Condylarthra, Litopterna, Xenungulata, and Astrapotheria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99: 355–394.
• Paula Couto, C. 1967: Contribuição a paleontologia do Estado do Pará. Um Sirênio na Formação Pirabas. Atas do Simpósio Sobre a Biota Amazônica 1: 345–357