Pedra Preta: Pleistocene, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Glypdontidae indet.
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH 55.739 to 55.747 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodyliformes
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Crocodyliformes indet.
(Hay 1930)
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Pleurodira indet.
Cope 1865
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Chelus sp.
Duméril 1806
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Podocnemis sp.
Wagler 1830
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Chelonoidis sp.
(Fitzinger 1835)
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de Broin et al. 1993 | |||||||||
original and current combination Geochelone (Chelonoidis) | ||||||||||
giant size | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Xenarthra
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Xenarthra indet.
(Cope 1889)
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
DGM 475-M | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Megatheriidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
misspelling Megatheriadae | ||||||||||
AMNH 55.727; 55.724 | ||||||||||
Megatheriinae indet.
Gill 1872
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Eremotherium sp.
Spillmann 1948
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
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Cingulata indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
DGM 476-M | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH 55.812 to 55.816; DGM 477-M | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Trichechidae
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cf. Trichechus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Domning 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Notiomastodon platensis
(Ameghino 1888)
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH 55.716; 55.715; DGM 466-M; 473-M; DGM 472-M | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Toxodontidae indet.
Ameghino 1889
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH 55.777 to 55.786; DGM 467-M; 471-M; 474-M | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Astrapotheriidae indet.
Ameghino 1887
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Lacerda et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH 55.736 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Brazil |
Coordinates: | 8.8° South, 72.8° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 8.9° South, 72.6° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Solimões |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified argillaceous siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: clayey silts with light concretions and with two patches of conglomerates | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Locality 2 | ||
Database number: | 65139 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-09-19 06:59:27 | Last modified: | 2021-02-17 12:11:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-19 06:59:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18743. | G. G. Simpson and C. Paula Couto. 1981. Fossil mammals from the Cenozoic of Acre, Brazil III - Pleistocene Edentata Pilosa, Proboscida, Sirenia, Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla. Iheringia, Ser. Geol. Porto Alegre 6:11-73 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
64028 | F. d.e. L. de Broin, J. Bocquetin, and F. R. Negri. 1993. Gigantic turtles (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) from the Late Miocene - Early Pliocene of South Western Amazon. Bulletin de Institute francaises de etudes andines 22(3):657-670 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
38345 | D. P. Domning. 1982. Evolution of manatees: A speculative history. Journal of Paleontology 56(3):599-619 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
75568 | M. B. S. Lacerda, P. S. R. Romano, K. L. N. Bandeira and L. D. Souze. 2021. Georeferencing fossiliferous localities from Solimões and Acre Basins (Brazil) -what we know so far about Solimões Formation and future perspectives. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] |