Curimatas (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Paraiba, Brazil (7.2° S, 35.9° W: paleocoordinates 7.2° S, 35.7° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• in cacimbas: natural excavations produced on the outcropping crystalline rocks by erosive action of weathering water through the rock diaclases

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float)

Primary reference: C. D. Paula Couto. 1980. Fossil Pleistocene to Sub-Recent Mammals from Northeastern Brazil. I - Edentata Megalonychidae. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencas 52(1):143-151 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71298: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 11.02.1999, edited by Kateryn Pino

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium sp.
Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus sp.
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidodon sp., Glossotherium robustum
Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881 edentate
Glossotherium robustum Owen 1842 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp.
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Carnivora - Canidae
Protocyon sp.
Protocyon sp. Giebel 1855 canine
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon sp.
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841 saber-toothed cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Macrauchenia sp.
Macrauchenia sp. Owen 1838 placental
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp., Lama sp.
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Mazama sp.
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer