Itambé (Pleistocene to of Brazil)

Where: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (14.1° S, 48.8° W: paleocoordinates 14.1° S, 48.6° 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 211822: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 28.07.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Monodelphis domestica Wagner 1842 gray short-tailed opposum
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus sp., "Dasypus septemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) septemcinctus
Dasypus sp. Linnaeus 1758 armadillo
"Dasypus septemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) septemcinctus Linnaeus 1758 seven-banded armadillo
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Oryzomys sp., "Bolomys lasiurus" = Necromys
Oryzomys sp. Baird 1857 rice rat
"Bolomys lasiurus" = Necromys bolo mouse
 Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
Dasyprocta sp. Illiger 1811 agouti
 Rodentia - Cuniculidae
"Agouti paca" = Cuniculus paca
"Agouti paca" = Cuniculus paca Linnaeus 1766 lowland paca
 Rodentia -
Proechimys sp. Allen 1899 spiny rat
 Rodentia - Echimyidae