Patos, upper Acre River, clay (Miocene of Brazil)

Also known as LACM 4611, Acre 6

Where: Acre, Brazil (10.9° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° S, 67.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: upper Member (Solimoes Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; claystone and siltstone

• low-energy environment, probably lake, swamp, or fluvial floodplain

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: M. A. Cozzuol. 2006. The Acre vertebrate fauna: Age, diversity, and geography. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 21:185-203 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67384: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Spermatopsida indet.
Aves
 Suliformes - Anhingidae
Macranhinga sp.
Macranhinga sp. Noriega 1992 darter
multiple species
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
entered as "Crocodila indet."
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Dinomyidae indet.
Dinomyidae indet. Peters 1873 caviomorph