Santa Vitoria do Palmar: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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Bergqvist et al. 1999 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Megaptera sp.
Gray 1846
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1 specimen | ||||||
= Megaptera novaeangliae
Brisson 1762
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Souza-Cunha et al. 1992 | ||||||
Balaenoptera sp.
Lacépède 1804
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Souza-Cunha 1982 | 1 specimen | |||||
= Balaenoptera musculus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bergqvist et al. 1999 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Eubalaena sp.
Gray 1864
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Souza-Cunha 1985 | 1 specimen | |||||
= Eubalaena australis
Desmoulins 1822
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Souza-Cunha et al. 1992 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Lestodon armatus
Gervais 1855
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Cirino et al. 2023 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Sciaenidae
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Pogonias cromis
Cope 1869
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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] | |
4524 | ETE 160 | R. 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] |