Lajedo de Soledade, Apodi (Pleistocene to of Brazil)

Also known as Megafauna Apodi

Where: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (5.7° S, 37.8° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 37.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Jandaíra Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Corresponds to greater exposure of rocks carbonate Jandaíra Formation, Cretaceous basin (Bagnoli, 1994).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonate

• Corresponds to greater exposure of rocks carbonate Jandaíra Formation, Cretaceous basin (Bagnoli, 1994).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: The material studied belongs to the Museum of Lajedo

•Soledad (MLS), municipality of Apodi

Primary reference: K. O. Porpino, M. F. Santos, and L. P. Bergqvist. 2004. Registros de mamíferos fósseis no Lajedo de Soledade, Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 7(3):349-358 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 148309: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 16.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus (Amerhippus) cf. neogeus" = Equus caballus, Hippidion sp.
"Equus (Amerhippus) cf. neogeus" = Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
MLS 49
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
MLS 50-52
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Xenorhinotherium bahiense Cartelle and Lessa 1988 placental
MLS 30
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Palaeolama major" = Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major
"Palaeolama major" = Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major Liais 1872 camel
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat
Leopardus cf. tigrinus Schreber 1775 oncilla
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctotherium sp. Bravard 1857 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cerdocyon thous Linnaeus 1766 crab eating fox
Protocyon troglodytes Lund 1938 canine
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus greslebini Castellanos 1941 glyptodon
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina paulacoutoi Cartelle and Bohorquez 1985 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Tolypeutes tricinctus Linnaeus 1758 three banded armadillo
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate
MLS 25-29
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 notoungulate
MLS 31-35