Fazenda Santa Fe ( of Brazil)

Also known as Tremembé

Where: Sao Paulo, Brazil (23.0° S, 45.5° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 39.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Deseadan (29.0 - 21.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; green shale and bentonitic, green, sandy claystone

• Sedimentos predominantemente pelíticos con lutitas finamente estratificadas pirobituminosas, que alternan con niveles de areniscas y arcillitas bentónicas, indicadoras de un ambiente de baja energía. Los sedimentos tienen una coloración verde oliva, con tonalidades que varían a más oscuras.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by H. M. F. Alvarenga

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Repositories: Departamento Nacional de Producao Mineral, Rio de Janeiro (DGM); Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ).

Primary reference: M. F. Soria and H. M. F. Alvarenga. 1989. Nuevos restos de mamiferos de la Cuenca de Taubaté, Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 61(2):157-175 [C. Jaramillo/C. Suarez-Gomez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152418: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Suarez-Gomez on 21.11.2013, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata -
Eocoleophorus glyptodontoides n. gen. n. sp.2 Oliveira et al. 1997 edentate
MNRJ 4593V - holotype; hypodigm: MNRJ 4594-4614V
 Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Astrapotheriidae indet. Ameghino 1887 placental
 Notoungulata - Notohippidae
Notohippidae indet. Ameghino 1894 notoungulate
Rhynchippus brasiliensis n. sp. Soria and Alvarenga 1989 notoungulate
 Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
"Taubatherium paulacoutoi n. gen. n. sp." = Taubatherium paulacoutoi, "Taubatherium major n. sp." = Taubatherium paulacoutoi
"Taubatherium paulacoutoi n. gen. n. sp." = Taubatherium paulacoutoi Soria and Alvarenga 1989 notoungulate
"Taubatherium major n. sp." = Taubatherium paulacoutoi Soria and Alvarenga 1989 notoungulate
 Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Proterotheriidae indet. Ameghino 1887 placental
 Rodentia -
Paulacoutomys paulista n. gen. n. sp.1
Paulacoutomys paulista n. gen. n. sp.1 Vucetich et al. 1993 caviomorph
 Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Borhyaeninae indet. Ameghino 1894 metatherian