Lagoa Sao Vitor (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Piaui, Brazil (9.0° S, 42.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 42.7° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

• thought to be a seasonal water hole

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: C. Guerin. 1991. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 312:567-572 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71333: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.03.1999, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Desmodus rotundus
Desmodus rotundus Geoffroy 1810 common vampire bat
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Palaeolama major" = Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major
"Palaeolama major" = Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major Liais 1872 camel
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
"Macrauchenia cf. patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica
"Macrauchenia cf. patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica Owen 1838 placental
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Haplomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Haplomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi
Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate
"E. lundi"
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonychidae indet.
Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Catonyx cuvieri
Catonyx cuvieri Lund 1839 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus greslebini
Panochthus greslebini Castellanos 1941 glyptodon