Rio Quarai (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Also known as QuaraĆ­ River

Where: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (30.4° S, 56.5° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° S, 56.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Paula Couto. 1944. Sobre a presenca dos generos Hippidion e Toxodon Owen, no Pleistoceno do Rio Grande do Sul. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 2:1-7 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28519: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 18.02.2003, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Lestodon sp. Gervais 1855 edentate
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 capybara