Lage Grande-Level 1 (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Pernambuco, Brazil (9.1° S, 38.3° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° S, 38.1° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• depressions, filled with material from periodic rains and wind

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: J.L. Rolim. 1974. Calcario Secundario com Restos Fosseis de Mamiferos Pleistocenos em Pernambuco. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencas 46(3/4):417-422 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71275: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 07.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Macrauchenia sp.
Macrauchenia sp. Owen 1838 placental
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Hippocamelus sp.
Hippocamelus sp. Leuckart 1816 huemuls
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Notoungulata - Haplodontheriidae
Trigodonops lopesi
Trigodonops lopesi Roxo 1821 notoungulate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Haplomastodon chimborazi" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Haplomastodon chimborazi" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
"H. waringi"
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi
Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate
"E. rusconii"
  - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium sp.
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate