Paricao (Pleistocene of Brazil)
Where: Acre, Brazil (8.9° S, 72.8° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° S, 72.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: G. G. Simpson and C. Paula Couto. 1981. Fossil mammals from the Cenozoic of Acre, Brazil III - Pleistocene Edentata Pilosa, Proboscida, Sirenia, Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla. Iheringia, Ser. Geol. Porto Alegre 6:11-73 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65143: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2006
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Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
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Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
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Gryposuchus sp. Gürich 1912 crocodilian | |
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Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle | |
| Mammalia | |
"Edentata indet." = Xenarthra
"Edentata indet." = Xenarthra Cope 1889 edentate | |
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Mastodontidae indet. Gray 1821 proboscidean | |