Lajedo de Soledade, Apodi: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina paulacoutoi
Cartelle and Bohorquez 1985
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Glyptodon sp.
Owen 1839
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Panochthus greslebini
Castellanos 1941
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Tolypeutes tricinctus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Eremotherium laurillardi
(Lund 1842)
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| MLS 25-29 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Toxodontidae indet.
Ameghino 1889
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| MLS 31-35 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctotherium sp.
Bravard 1857
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Cerdocyon thous
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Protocyon troglodytes
(Lund 1938)
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| original and current combination Canis troglodytes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon populator
Lund 1842
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Leopardus cf. tigrinus
(Schreber 1775)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus (Amerhippus) cf. neogeus
(Lund 1840)
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| synonym of Equus caballus | ||||||||||
| MLS 49 | ||||||||||
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Hippidion sp.
Owen 1869
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| MLS 50-52 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Macraucheniidae
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Xenorhinotherium bahiense
Cartelle and Lessa 1988
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| MLS 30 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Palaeolama major
Liais 1872
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| recombined as Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Rio Grande do Norte |
| Coordinates: | 5.7° South, 37.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.7° South, 37.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jandaíra | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Corresponds to greater exposure of rocks carbonate Jandaíra Formation, Cretaceous basin (Bagnoli, 1994). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "carbonate" |
| Lithology description: Corresponds to greater exposure of rocks carbonate Jandaíra Formation, Cretaceous basin (Bagnoli, 1994). | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: The material studied belongs to the Museum of Lajedo
Soledad (MLS), municipality of Apodi | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Megafauna Apodi | ||
| Database number: | 148309 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Vallejo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-16 23:45:11 | Last modified: | 2013-07-16 08:45:11 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-07-16 23:45:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47592. | K. O. Porpino, M. F. Santos, and L. P. Bergqvist. 2004. Registros de mamíferos fósseis no Lajedo de Soledade, Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 7(3):349-358 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] |