Also known as Three Snakes Cave
Where: Bahia, Brazil (13.6° S, 43.8° W: paleocoordinates 13.6° S, 43.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Costa da Silva et al. 2019: Gruna das Três Cobras revealed a total of 281 samples. The material was stored in the paleontological collection of Museu de Ciências da Terra, Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM (MCTer, Museum of Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Brazil), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Primary reference: R. Costa da Silva, M. Berbert-Born, D. E. F. Bustamante, T. N. Santoro, F. Sedor and L. Santos Avilla. 2019. Diversity and preservation of Pleistocene tetrapods from caves of southwestern Bahia, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 90:233-254 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212449: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 14.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Didelphis sp. Linnaeus 1758 large American opossum | |
Toxodontidae indet. Scott 1873 notoungulate | |
Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere | |
Xenarthra indet. edentate | |
Pachyarmatherium brasiliense Porpino et al. 2009 edentate | |
Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo
Propraopus sulcatus Lund 1838 armadillo | |
Glyptotherium sp. Osborn 1903 glyptodon | |
Holmesina majus edentate
Holmesina sp. Simpson 1930 edentate | |
Scelidotheriinae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
Catonyx cuvieri Lund 1839 edentate
Valgipes bucklandi Lund 1839 edentate | |
Nothrotherium maquinense Hay 1930 edentate | |
Megatheriidae indet. Gray 1821 edentate | |
Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855 edentate | |
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat
Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar | |
Chrysocyon brachyurus Illiger 1815 maned wolf | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
Xenorhinotherium bahiensis placental | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Palaeolama major Liais 1872 camel | |
Tayassu pecari Link 1795 white-lipped peccary | |
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 capybara
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph |