Chuí Creek, Santa Vitória do Palmar: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Brazil
collected by J. C. Pereira, R. P. Lopes, and L. Kerber.
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Tegulidae
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Tegula patagonica
(d'Orbigny 1835)
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
recombined as Agathistoma patagonicum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora patagonica
(dOrbigny 1839)
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Bostrycapulus odites
Collin 2005
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivancillaria carcellesi
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Olivancillaria urceus
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Olivancillaria deshayesiana
(Ducros 1857)
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Lamniconus lemniscatus
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
spp. carcellesi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Adelomelon brasiliana
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Zidona dufresnei
Donovan 1823
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia bisulcata
(Lamarck 1819)
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea rhizophorae
(Guilding 1828)
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula caribaea
d'Orbigny 1845
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
recombined as Caryocorbula caribaea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Arcinella brasiliana
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium muricatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Lopes and Simone 2012 | |||||||||
recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Echimyidae
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Myocastor cf. coypus
(Molina 1782)
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MCTFM-PV 0732, Right M2 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus (Amerhippus) cf. neogeus
(Lund 1840)
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synonym of Equus caballus | ||||||||||
MCTFM-PV 0618, Incomplete skull (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Hippidion sp.
Owen 1869
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Catagonus sp.
Ameghino 1904
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MCTFM-PV 0575a Skull and, MCTFM-PV 0575b, mandible (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Morenelaphus sp.
Carette 1922
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Antlers (6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Antifer sp.
Ameghino 1889
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MCTFM-PV 0581, Incomplete antler (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursidae indet.
Gray 1825
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MCTFM-PV 0710, Complete right upper canine (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Doedicurus sp.
Burmeister 1874
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MCTFM-PV 0445, Fragment of carapace | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Eremotherium cf. laurillardi
(Lund 1842)
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EPM-PV 0133, left dentary (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Rio Grande do Sul |
Coordinates: | 33.2° South, 53.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° South, 53.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 226 to 34 Ka (ESR) |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Absolute ages obtained by Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating of fossil teeth from Chuí Creek showed results between 226 and 34 ka (Lopes et al., 2010) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: the layer that contains the mammalian remains is composed by sand with an upward increase in silt. This layer seems to have been deposited in a meandering fluvial system | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | J. C. Pereira, R. P. Lopes, and L. Kerber. |
Metadata
Database number: | 148417 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Vallejo, M. Krause | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-07-20 00:24:03 | Last modified: | 2013-07-19 09:24:03 |
Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-07-20 00:24:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
47667. | J. C. Pereira, R. P. Lopes, and L. Kerber. 2012. New remains of Late Pleistocene mammals from the Chuí Creek, Southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira De Paleontologia 15(2):228-239 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas] |
Secondary references:
57854 | R. P. Lopes and L. R. Simone. 2012. New fossil records of Pleistocene Marine mollusks in Southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 15(1):49-56 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |