PBDB Collection

Borboletas Cave, Paripiranga (Pleistocene to of Brazil)

Where: Bahia, Brazil (10.7° S, 37.9° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 37.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by PALEOLAB-UFPE and SP-MHN-UFAL in 2015-2017

Primary reference: J. S. O. Nascimento, É V. Oliveira, and J. L. L. Silva. 2020. Taxonomy and paleoenvironmental inferences from fossil vertebrates of Paripiranga Borboletas Cave, Northeastern Bahia, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 99:102491:1-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212472: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2020, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Subulina sp., Happia sp. Subulina sp. Happia sp.
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora - Achatinidae	Achatina fulica Achatina fulica slug
Mammalia
Notoungulata - Toxodontidae	Toxodon platensis Toxodon platensis Owen 1837 notoungulate 1651-V
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	"Mazama gouazoubira" = Cervus gouazoubira "Mazama gouazoubira" = Cervus gouazoubira Fischer 1814 deer 1637-V, 1675-V, 1676-V, 1793-V, 1794-V
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Palaeolama major Palaeolama major Liais 1872 camel 1621-V; 1622-V, 1628-V, 1640-V, 1677-V
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hippidion principale Hippidion principale Lund 1846 horse 1630-V; 1649-V, 1653-V; 1671-V, 1654-V, 1645-V, 1646-V, 1648-V, 1647-V, 1629-V, 1644-V, 1672-V
Carnivora - Felidae	Smilodon populator Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat 1631-V, 1643-V, 1673-V, 1741-V
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Coendou sp. Coendou sp. Lacépède 1799 prehensile-tailed porcupine 1636-V
Reptilia
Testudines -	Testudines indet. Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle The vertebrate material generally ranges from small to mega sized mammals and small reptiles, such as testudines and birds.
Aves
Aves -	Aves indet. Aves indet. bird The vertebrate material generally ranges from small to mega sized mammals and small reptiles, such as testudines and birds.