Igrejinha (Pleistocene to of Brazil)

Where: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (13.3° S, 48.3° W: paleocoordinates 13.3° S, 48.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. O. Salles, G. S. Carvalho, M. Weksler, F. L. Sicuro, F. Abreu, A. R. Camardella, P. G. Guedes, L. S. Avilla, E. A. P. Abrantes, V. Sahate, and I. S. A. Costa. 1999. Fauna de mamíferos do Quaternário de Serra da Mesa (Goiás, Brasil). Publicações Avulsas do Museu Nacional 78:1-15 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211820: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 28.07.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphidae indet., Monodelphis domestica, Monodelphis kunsi, Thylamys sp., Gracilinanus sp.
Monodelphis domestica Wagner 1842 gray short-tailed opposum
Monodelphis kunsi Pine 1975 Pygmy short-tailed opossum
Thylamys sp. Gray 1843 fat-tailed mouse opossum
Gracilinanus sp. Gardner and Creighton 1989 gracile opposum
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Tonatia sp., Sturnira lilium, Phylloderma sp., Desmodus sp.
Tonatia sp. Gray 1827 leaf-nosed bat
Sturnira lilium yellow-shouldered bat
Phylloderma sp. Peters 1865 leaf-nosed bat
Desmodus sp. Wied-Neuwied 1826 vampire bat
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Odocoileinae indet." = Odocoileini, Mazama sp.
"Odocoileinae indet." = Odocoileini Pocock 1923 New World deer
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Pecari tajacu
Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 collared peccary
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodontinae indet., Oligoryzomys sp., Calomys tener, Oryzomyini indet., Oecomys sp., Oryzomys megacephalus, Oryzomys subflavus, Akodontini indet., Akodon sp., "Bolomys lasiurus" = Necromys, Pseudoryzomys simplex
Sigmodontinae indet. Wagner 1843 mouse
Oligoryzomys sp. Bangs 1900 pygmy rice rat
Calomys tener Winge 1887 delicate vesper mouse
Oecomys sp. Thomas 1906 mouse
Oryzomys subflavus Wagner 1842 rice rat
Akodontini indet. Vorontzov 1959 mouse
Akodon sp. Meyen 1833 akodont
"Bolomys lasiurus" = Necromys bolo mouse
Pseudoryzomys simplex Winge 1887 mouse
 Rodentia -
Proechimys sp.
Proechimys sp. Allen 1899 spiny rat
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Carterodon sulcidens, Thrichomys apereoides
Carterodon sulcidens Lund 1841 spiny rat