PBDB Collection

Chuí Creek, Santa Vitória do Palmar (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (33.2° S, 53.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° S, 53.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Absolute ages obtained by Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating of fossil teeth from Chuí Creek showed results between 226 and 34 ka (Lopes et al., 2010)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; silty sandstone

• the layer that contains the mammalian remains is composed by sand

•with an upward increase in silt. This layer seems to have been deposited in a meandering fluvial system

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. C. Pereira, R. P. Lopes, and L. Kerber.

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: J. C. Pereira, R. P. Lopes, and L. Kerber. 2012. New remains of Late Pleistocene mammals from the Chuí Creek, Southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira De Paleontologia 15(2):228-239 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 148417: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 20.07.2013, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae	Eremotherium cf. laurillardi Eremotherium cf. laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate EPM-PV 0133, left dentary
Cingulata - Glyptodontidae	Doedicurus sp. Doedicurus sp. Burmeister 1874 glyptodon MCTFM-PV 0445, Fragment of carapace
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursidae indet. Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear MCTFM-PV 0710, Complete right upper canine
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hippidion sp., "Equus (Amerhippus) cf. neogeus" = Equus caballus Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse "Equus (Amerhippus) cf. neogeus" = Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse MCTFM-PV 0618, Incomplete skull
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Catagonus sp. Catagonus sp. Ameghino 1904 peccary MCTFM-PV 0575a Skull and, MCTFM-PV 0575b, mandible
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Morenelaphus sp., "Antifer sp." = Blastocerus Morenelaphus sp. Carette 1922 New World deer Antlers "Antifer sp." = Blastocerus Wagner 1844 marsh deer MCTFM-PV 0581, Incomplete antler
Rodentia - Echimyidae	Myocastor cf. coypus Myocastor cf. coypus Molina 1782 coypu MCTFM-PV 0732, Right M2
Gastropoda
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	Bostrycapulus odites Bostrycapulus odites Collin 2005 slipper shell
Neogastropoda - Conidae	Lamniconus lemniscatus Lamniconus lemniscatus cone shell spp. carcellesi
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Zidona dufresnei, Adelomelon brasiliana Zidona dufresnei Donovan 1823 volute Adelomelon brasiliana volute
Neogastropoda - Olividae	Olivancillaria carcellesi, Olivancillaria urceus, Olivancillaria deshayesiana Olivancillaria carcellesi olive snail Olivancillaria urceus olive snail Olivancillaria deshayesiana Ducros 1857 olive snail
Trochoidea - Tegulidae	"Tegula patagonica" = Agathistoma patagonicum "Tegula patagonica" = Agathistoma patagonicum d'Orbigny 1835 snail
Lepetellida - Fissurellidae	Diodora patagonica Diodora patagonica dOrbigny 1839 snail
Bivalvia
Pholadida - Corbulidae	"Corbula caribaea" = Caryocorbula caribaea "Corbula caribaea" = Caryocorbula caribaea d'Orbigny 1845 clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	"Trachycardium muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum "Trachycardium muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardiida - Veneridae	Chione cancellata Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Cardiida - Chamidae	Arcinella brasiliana Arcinella brasiliana jewel box
Arcida - Noetiidae	Noetia bisulcata Noetia bisulcata Lamarck 1819 clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Crassostrea rhizophorae Crassostrea rhizophorae Guilding 1828 oyster