Joao Cativo-Site 1 (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Ceara, Brazil (3.5° S, 39.6° W: paleocoordinates 3.5° S, 39.4° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• cacimbas: natural excavations produced on the outcropping crystalline rocks of the region by erosive weathering water

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: C. D. Paula Couto. 1980. Fossil Pleistocene to Sub-Recent Mammals from Northeastern Brazil. I - Edentata Megalonychidae. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencas 52(1):143-151 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71301: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 11.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon sp.
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841 saber-toothed cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Protocyon sp.
Protocyon sp. Giebel 1855 canine
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama sp., Hemiauchenia sp.
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassu sp.
Tayassu sp. Fischer 1814 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Mazama sp.
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp., Hippidion sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium sp.
Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp.
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate