Where: Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (21.1° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 56.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• "Quaternary" meaning "Holocene-Pleistocene," with no carbon dates

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

• a collection totalling "around 450 fragments" was taken "during the last four years" up to 2006 with "screen-washing" with successive mesh sizes of "10.0mm, 5.0mm, and 2.5mm" and is in the Mammal Collection of the Museum Nacional/UFRJ

Primary reference: L. O. Salles, C. Cartelle, P. G. Guedes, P. C. Boggiani, A. Janoo and C. A. M. Russo. 2006. Quaternary mammals from Serra do Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional 521:1-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92813: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.11.2009, edited by Grace Varnham

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