Niteroi (Miocene of Brazil)

Where: Acre, Brazil (10.1° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° S, 65.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Solimões Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• The river edge outcrops are accessible only during the low-water season (July to October) and comprise 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.

•The Ferigolomys pacarana specimen comes from horizon B.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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 136717: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gustavo Ballen on 03.12.2012, edited by Miranta Kouvari, Grace Varnham and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Aves
 Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae
Phorusrhacinae indet.5 Ameghino 1899 terror bird
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Acresuchus pachytemporalis n. gen. n. sp.8 Souza-Filho et al. 2019 crocodilian
Skull and mandible - type
Purussaurus brasiliensis5 Barbosa-Rodrigues 1892 crocodilian
Mourasuchus cf. amazonensis3 Price 1964 crocodilian
UFAC-1424 and LACM-160157
"Mourasuchus nativus" = Mourasuchus arendsi2 Bocquentin Villanueva 1984 crocodilian
UFAC 1397, 1431, 1477, 1484, 1485 and 1495 (cranial remains); UFAC-2515, 4925, 3717, 1666, 3530, 1477, 4259, 4885 and 1431
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Charactosuchus sp.5 Langston 1965 crocodile
 Crocodylia -
Brasilosuchus mendesi n. gen. n. sp.7
Brasilosuchus mendesi n. gen. n. sp.7 Souza Filho and Bocquetin Villanueva 1989 crocodilian
UFAC 1664 - holotype (premaxilla)
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Ikanogavialis sp.5 Sill 1970 crocodilian
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
cf. Podocnemis sp.5 Wagler 1830 river turtle
 Testudines - Chelidae
Chelus sp.5 Duméril 1806 sideneck turtle
Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Urumacotherium sp.5 Bocquentin-Villanueva 1983 edentate
Urumacotherium campbelli6 Frailey 1986 edentate
Urumacotherium garciai6 Bocquentin-Villanueva 1984 edentate
CIAAP 443 - holotype
Pseudoprepotherium sp.5 Hoffstetter 1961 edentate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodontidae indet.5 Ameghino 1889 notoungulate
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Ferigolomys pacarana n. gen. n. sp.4
Ferigolomys pacarana n. gen. n. sp.4 Kerber et al. 2018 caviomorph
Holotype: UFAC 6460
 Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae
Neoepiblema acreensis n. sp.1, "Neoepiblema ambrosettianus" = Neoepiblema horridula5, Phoberomys cf. bordasi5
Neoepiblema acreensis n. sp.1 Bocquentin et al. 1990 caviomorph
UFAC 1716 (holotype); UFAC 1490, 1658, 1810 (paratypes)
"Neoepiblema ambrosettianus" = Neoepiblema horridula5 Ameghino 1886 caviomorph
UFAC 4515
Phoberomys cf. bordasi5 Patterson 1942 caviomorph
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Pimelodidae
Phractocephalus acreornatus Aguilera et al. 2008 cajaro
UFAC 4849 (paratype)