PBDB Collection

Cachoeira do Bandeira (Miocene of Brazil)

Also known as LACM 5158

Where: Acre, Brazil (10.9° S, 69.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° S, 67.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Solimoes Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; brown, gray claystone and muddy conglomerate

• The river edge outcrops are accessible only during the low-water season (July to OCtober) and omprise clay-pebble conglomerate (Acre Conglomerate Member in Frailey 1986) and gray to brown, often limey claystones. the base of the units is not visible, and their upper parts are covered by vegetation.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. A. Aguilera, J. Bocquentin, J. G. Lundberg and A. Maciente. 2008. A new cajaro catfish (Siluriformes : Pimelodidae : Phractocephalus) from the Late Miocene of southwestern Amazonia and its relationship to Phractocephalus nassi of the Urumaco Formation. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 82(2):231-245 [C. Jaramillo/G. Ballen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136714: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gustavo Ballen on 03.12.2012, edited by Juan Carrillo and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
-	Reptilia indet.⁴ Reptilia indet.⁴ Laurenti 1768 reptile DGM 991-R
Serpentes -	Serpentes indet.⁴ Serpentes indet.⁴ snake DGM 1 232-R
Squamata - Teiidae	Dracaena sp.⁴ Dracaena sp.⁴ Daudin 1802 caiman lizard DGM 1 083-R
Aves
-	Aves indet.⁴ Aves indet.⁴ Linnaeus 1758 bird DGM 1 168-R
Suliformes - Anhingidae	Anhinga minuta⁴, Anhinga cf. fraileyi⁴, Anhinga cf. grandis⁴ Anhinga minuta⁴ darter UFAC-4720; 4719 Anhinga cf. fraileyi⁴ darter UFAC-4562 Anhinga cf. grandis⁴ Martin and Mengel 1975 darter UFAC-4721
Reptilia
Loricata -	Crocodyliformes indet.⁴ Crocodyliformes indet.⁴ crocodilian DGM 1 145-R to 1 147-R; 1 155-R; 1 160-R; 1 163-R; 1 164-R; 1 167-R; 1 169-R; 1 171-R; 1 173-R; 1 179-R, DGM 1 072-R; 1 073-R; 1 080-R; to 1 082-R; 1 084-R; 1 220-R; 1 225-R, DGM 957-R; 970-R; 1 200-R; 1 201-R; 1 234-R; 1 236-R; 1 238-R; 1 241-R; 1 245-R to 1 247-R; 1 259-R, DGM 1147-R, DGM 1082-R; 1084-R
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	Mourasuchus sp.⁴, Purussaurus sp.⁴ Mourasuchus sp.⁴ Price 1964 crocodilian DGM 1 252-R, DGM 1173-R, DGM 1234-R; 1252-R; 1259-R Purussaurus sp.⁴ Barbosa Rodrigues 1892 crocodilian DGM 1146-R, DGM 1072-R, DGM 962-R; 963-R; 969-R; 970-R; 1262-R
Crocodylia -	Brevirostres indet.⁴, Gavialoidea indet.⁴ Brevirostres indet.⁴ Cuvier crocodilian DGM 1080-R, DGM 964-R; 965-R; 1291-R Gavialoidea indet.⁴ crocodilian DGM 957-R; 958-R; 966-R
Crocodylia - Gavialidae	Gryposuchus sp.⁴ Gryposuchus sp.⁴ Gürich 1912 crocodilian DGM 1081-R, DGM 968-R; 1266-R; 1284-R; 1410-R
Testudinata -	Testudinata indet.⁴ Testudinata indet.⁴ turtle DGM 1 148-R to 1 152-R; 1 154-R; 1 156-R; 1 159-R; 1 161-R; 1 172-R, DGM 1 064-R; 1 069-R to 1 071-R; 1 074-R; 1 075-R; 1 078-R; 1 079-R, DGM 1 242-R; 1 244-R; 1 248-R; 1 249-R; 1 253-R to 1 256-R; 1 258-R
Testudines -	Pleurodira indet.⁴ Pleurodira indet.⁴ Cope 1865 sideneck turtle DGM 1 062-R; 1 065-R; to 1 068-R, DGM 992-R to 1 012-R; 1 014-R, DGM 1 224-R; 1 231-R, DGM 971-R to 979-R; 989-R; 990-R; 992-R
Testudines - Chelidae	Chelus sp.⁴ Chelus sp.⁴ Duméril 1806 sideneck turtle DGM 1 061-R; 1063-R, DGM 1 013-R; 1 015-R; 1 025-R; 1 153-R; 1 162-R; 1 170-R, DGM 1 076-R; 1 077-R; 1 223-R, DGM 980-R to 988-R; 1 235-R; 1 237-R; 1 239-R; 1 240-R; 1 257-R
Testudines - Podocnemididae	Stupendemys sp.⁴, "Stupendemys geographicus" = Stupendemys geographica⁴ Stupendemys sp.⁴ Wood 1976 sideneck turtle UFAC-4370 "Stupendemys geographicus" = Stupendemys geographica⁴ Wood 1976 sideneck turtle LACM 131949, UFAC 1554; 4370
Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet.⁴ Mammalia indet.⁴ Linnaeus 1758 mammal DGM 828-M to 831-M; 851-M to 858-R, DGM 834-M,DGM 819-M to 826-M; 862-R to 867-R; 869-M; 870-R
Cetacea - Delphinidae	Delphinidae indet.⁴ Delphinidae indet.⁴ Gray 1821 dolphin DGM 850-M, DGM 849-M
Primates - Cebidae	cf. Cebinae indet.⁴, Acrecebus fraileyi⁴ cf. Cebinae indet.⁴ monkey LACM 134880 Acrecebus fraileyi⁴ Kay and Cozzuol 2006 monkey LACM 134880
Rodentia -	Octodontoidea indet.⁴ Octodontoidea indet.⁴ Waterhouse 1839 caviomorph UFAC-CS 049
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizontidae indet.⁴ Erethizontidae indet.⁴ Bonaparte 1845 porcupine UFAC-CS 044
Rodentia - Dinomyidae	Pseudopotamarchus villanuevai n. gen. n. sp.² Pseudopotamarchus villanuevai n. gen. n. sp.² Kerber et al. 2016 caviomorph UUFAC 4762, incomplete right maxilla with P4–M1
Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae	Neoepiblema horridula³ Neoepiblema horridula³ Ameghino 1886 caviomorph
Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae	Cardiatherium sp.³ Cardiatherium sp.³ Ameghino 1883 caviomorph UFAC 4761, 4681, 4769
Notoungulata - Toxodontidae	Toxodontidae indet.⁴ Toxodontidae indet.⁴ Ameghino 1889 notoungulate DGM 827-M
Placentalia -	Xenarthra indet.⁴ Xenarthra indet.⁴ edentate DGM 818-M
Cingulata - Pampatheriidae	"Scirrotherium carinatum" = Kraglievichia carinatum¹ "Scirrotherium carinatum" = Kraglievichia carinatum¹ Gois et al. 2013 edentate LPP/UFAC 4803 and 4804
Actinopteri
Siluriformes - Pimelodidae	Phractocephalus acreornatus n. sp. Phractocephalus acreornatus n. sp. Aguilera et al. 2008 cajaro UFAC 4561 (holotype), UFAC 4778, 4708, 4777, 4613, 5711, 1806, 4709, 4619, 4587, 4819, 4664, 5687, 5689, 4894, 5710, 5686, 5688, 5690, 4710, 4782, 4577 (all paratypes)
Pisces
-	"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes⁴ "Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes⁴ Huxley 1880 bony fish

¹Gois et al. 2013; ²Kerber et al. 2016; ³Kerber et al. 2017; ⁴Lacerda et al. 2021