Lajedo de Escada (Pleistocene to of Brazil)

Where: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (5.2° S, 37.7° W: paleocoordinates 5.2° S, 37.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: K. O. Porpino, J. C. Fernicola, and L. P. Bergqvist. 2009. A new cingulate (Mammalia: Xenarthra), Pachyarmatherium brasiliense sp. nov., from the Late Pleistocene of northeastern Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):881-893 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93235: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.01.2010, edited by Juan Carrillo

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Stegomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Stegomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium sp. Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
Pachyarmatherium brasiliense n. sp. Porpino et al. 2009 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate