Santa Vitoria do Palmar: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850
Bergqvist et al. 1999 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Megaptera sp. Gray 1846
1 specimen
    = Megaptera novaeangliae Brisson 1762
Souza-Cunha et al. 1992
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804
Souza-Cunha 1982 1 specimen
    = Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus 1758
Bergqvist et al. 1999
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Eubalaena sp. Gray 1864
Souza-Cunha 1985 1 specimen
    = Eubalaena australis Desmoulins 1822
Souza-Cunha et al. 1992
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855
Cirino et al. 2023
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil
Coordinates: 33.5° South, 53.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.5° South, 53.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santa Vitória
Stratigraphy comments: formerly the Graxaim Formation. Updated to Santa Vitória Formation by Pereira Lopes et al. 2021.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:54181
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, G. Varnham
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-09-26 12:33:10 Last modified:2023-01-02 14:06:38
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-26 12:33:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

14655. F. L. Souza-Cunha and G. W. A. Nunan. 1980. Pleistocenic marine vertebrates (Sciaenidae and Ballaenopteridae) from the littoral of Santa Vitoria do Palamar, RS, Brazil. Anais do Congresso 31(5):3049-3055 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

47553 L. P. Bergqvist, C. J. Drehmer, A. M. Ribeiro and E. V. Oliveira. 1999. Aquatic mammal fossils from Brazil: A review. 4(6):28-32 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
86610 M. Cirino, V. G. Pitana, R. Negri, C. Cartelle, J. Ferigolo and A. M. Ribeiro. 2023. New Postcranial Remains of Ground Sloths (Xenarthra, Folivora, Mylodontidae) from Southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 25(4):35-55 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
4524ETE 160R. Pereira Lopes, S. R. Dillenburg, J. F. Savian and J. C. Pereira. 2021. The Santa Vitória Alloformation: an update on a Pleistocene fossil-rich unit in Southern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Geology 51(1):e2020065 [W. DiMichele/W. DiMichele/M. Uhen]
14960 F. L. Souza-Cunha. 1982. Novos registros de baleis fosseis (Balaenopteridae e Balaenidae) no Pleistoceno de Santa Vitoria do Palmar, RS. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 54(1):264-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
14959 F. L. Souza-Cunha. 1985. Registro de cetaceo Balaenidae (Eubalaena) no Pleistoceno de Santa Vitoria do Palamar, RS, Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 57(1):142-142 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29033 F. L. Souza-Cunha, L. P. Bergqvist, and R. Capilla. 1992. Cetaceos fosseis e sub-Recentes da Colcao de paleovertebrados do Museu Nacional. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 64(3):277-288 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]