Taquaras Quarry (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Rondonia, Brazil (9.9° S, 65.3° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 65.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rio Madeira Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate

• conglomeratic layer, known as “mucururú”

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by gold miners in 2007

• Museu da Memória Rondoniense (MERO) collection, Porto Velho, Brazil

Primary reference: G. S. Ferreira, E. R. Nascimento, E. A. Cadena, M. A. Cozzuol, B. M. Farina, M. L. A. F. Pacheco, M. A. Rizzutto and M. C. Langer. 2024. The latest freshwater giants: a new Peltocephalus (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) turtle from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Amazon. Biology Letters 20(20240010):1-7 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234042: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 14.03.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Peltocephalus maturin n. sp.
Peltocephalus maturin n. sp. Ferreira et al. 2024 sideneck turtle
MERO.PV.H 007, mostly complete, massive, and fused dentaries