Lagoa Santa (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Minas Gerais, Brazil (19.6° S, 43.9° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 43.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1954. Les gravigrades (Edentes Xenarthres) des cavernes de Lagoa Santa (Minas Gerais, Bresil). Annalles des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 11:741-764 [C. Jaramillo/G. Ballen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140474: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gustavo Ballen on 10.03.2013, edited by Juan Carrillo, Grace Varnham and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Cavia vates2, Cavia lamingnae2, Neochoerus sulcidens2, Hydrochoerus capivara2
Cavia vates2 Winge 1887 guinea pig
Cavia lamingnae2 Locks and Montenegro 1985 guinea pig
 Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
Dasyprocta azarae2
 Rodentia - Cuniculidae
Cuniculus rugiceps2
Cuniculus rugiceps2 Lund 1837 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
"Tetrastylus" walteri2
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Coendou magnus2, Coendou prehensilis2
Coendou magnus2 Lund 1839 prehensile-tailed porcupine
Coendou prehensilis2 Linnaeus 1758 prehensile-tailed porcupine
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Myocastor coypus2, Carterodon sulcidens2, Thrichomys apereoides2, "Euryzygomatomys mordax" = Proclinodontomys mordax2, Clyomys laticeps2, Dicolpomys fossor2, Callistomys sp.2, Phyllomys brasiliensis2
Myocastor coypus2 Molina 1782 coypu
Carterodon sulcidens2 Lund 1841 spiny rat
"Euryzygomatomys mordax" = Proclinodontomys mordax2 Winge 1888 spiny rat
Clyomys laticeps2 spiny rat
Dicolpomys fossor2 Winge 1887 spiny rat
Callistomys sp.2 Emmons and Vucetich 1998 spiny rat
Phyllomys brasiliensis2 Atlantic tree-rat
 Rodentia -
Kannabateomys amblyonyx2
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis vetulus n. sp.1, "Canis parvidens n. sp." = Lycalopex vetulus1, "Canis urostictus n. sp." = Lycalopex vetulus1
Canis vetulus n. sp.1 Lund 1842 Hoary fox
"Canis parvidens n. sp." = Lycalopex vetulus1 Lund 1842 Hoary fox
"Canis urostictus n. sp." = Lycalopex vetulus1 Lund 1842 Hoary fox
 Carnivora - Felidae
Leopardus pardalis5
Leopardus pardalis5 Linnaeus 1758 ocelot
  - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium giganteum, Scelidotherium cuvieri, "Valgipes deformis" = Valgipes bucklandi
Glossotherium giganteum Lund 1838 edentate
Scelidotherium cuvieri Lund 1839 edentate
"Valgipes deformis" = Valgipes bucklandi Lund 1839 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Ocnopus gracilis
Ocnopus gracilis Lund 1840 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi
Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotherium maquinense
Nothrotherium maquinense Hay 1930 edentate
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium humboldtii4
Pampatherium humboldtii4 Lund 1839 edentate
ZMK 1/1845: 2314, ZMK 1/1845: 2318
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium sp.3
Glyptotherium sp.3 Osborn 1903 glyptodon
1Cabrera 1931; 2Kerber 2017; 3Oliveira et al. 2010; 4Pereira Ferreira et al. 2018; 5Prevosti et al. 2021