Japones Cave (Pleistocene to of Brazil)

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

• "limestone cave"
• "clayey sedimentary layers"

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

• "amphibians, snakes, and crocodiles, as well as invertebrates" are present but not detailed
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Xenorhinotherium sp. Cartelle and Lessa 1988 placental
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassu sp. Fischer 1814 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Palaeolama major" = Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major
"Palaeolama major" = Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major Liais 1872 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Ozotoceros sp. Ameghino 1891 New World deer
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat
Panthera onca1 Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
MN 56853
Leopardus braccatus1 Cope 1889 cat
MN 56854
 Carnivora - Canidae
Chrysocyon sp.1 Hamilton-Smith 1839 maned wolf
MN 56869
Chrysocyon brachyurus1 Illiger 1815 maned wolf
MN 56856, 56857
Protocyon troglodytes1 Lund 1938 canine
MN 56858
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus sp. Linnaeus 1758 armadillo
Propraopus sp. Ameghino 1881 armadillo
Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodonopsis ibseni Cartelle 1991 edentate
Glossotherium robustum2 Owen 1842 edentate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon platensis Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere