Where: Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (21.1° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 56.4° 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 "approximately 200 pieces" 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 92815: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.11.2009, edited by Gustavo Ballen

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