Marco Português (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (30.3° S, 54.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 54.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. de Paula Couto. 1977. On a large Megalonychidae Ground Sloth from the Pleistocene of Rio Grande do Sul. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 49(2):297-299 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236218: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 18.09.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.
Testudinata indet. turtle
big turtles, probably large Testudinidae
Aves
 Aves -
Aves indet.
Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon platensis
Toxodon platensis Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon clavipes
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
  - Mylodontidae
Lestodon trigonidens
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
? Megalonychops primigenius
? Megalonychops primigenius Kraglievich 1926 edentate
FZBM-MP-No 03, right M4
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium americanum
Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate