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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Gracilinanus sp. Gardner and Creighton 1989 gracile opposum
Marmosa sp. Gray 1821 mouse opossum | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
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Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir |