Where: Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (21.1° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 56.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• "Quaternary" meaning "Holocene-Pleistocene," with no carbon dates
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float),
• underwater collection of "large fossils deposited on the cave floor" plus fossils "embedded in the sediments" obtained with "an air lift aspiration system"
•a total of "around 1,000 fragments" was taken "during the last four years" up to 2006 and is in the Mammal Collection of the Museum Nacional/UFRJ
Primary reference: L. O. Salles, C. Cartelle, P. G. Guedes, P. C. Boggiani, A. Janoo and C. A. M. Russo. 2006. Quaternary mammals from Serra do Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional 521:1-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 92814: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.11.2009, edited by Gustavo Ballen and Kateryn Pino
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Xenorhinotherium sp. Cartelle and Lessa 1988 placental | |
Tayassu sp. Fischer 1814 peccary | |
"Palaeolama major" = Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major
"Palaeolama major" = Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major Liais 1872 camel | |
Ozotoceros sp. Ameghino 1891 New World deer
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer | |
Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat | |
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Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon | |
Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875 edentate | |
Dasypus sp. Linnaeus 1758 armadillo
Propraopus sp. Ameghino 1881 armadillo
Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo | |
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate | |
Mylodonopsis ibseni Cartelle 1991 edentate | |
Toxodon platensis Owen 1837 notoungulate | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere |