Rio Quarai: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Toxodon sp.
Owen 1837
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Glyptodon sp.
Owen 1839
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Megatherium sp.
Cuvier 1796
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Lestodon sp.
Gervais 1855
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Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Rio Grande do Sul | County: | Uruguaiana |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° South, 56.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.4° South, 56.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Altitude: | 96 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | species names |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Quaraí River | ||
| Database number: | 28519 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Wertheim, G. Varnham |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-02-18 10:39:04 | Last modified: | 2020-07-31 08:38:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-18 10:39:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6187. | 5% 46780 | C. Paula Couto. 1944. Sobre a presenca dos generos Hippidion e Toxodon Owen, no Pleistoceno do Rio Grande do Sul. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 2:1-7 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim] |
Secondary references:
| 73095 | L. Kerber. 2017. Imigrantes em um continente perdido: O registro fossilífero de roedores Caviomorpha (Mammalia: Rodentia: Ctenohystrica) do Cenozoico do Brasil . Terræ Didatica 13(2):185-211 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] |