Piacaguera: Holocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp. Storr 1780
Nasua nasua (Linneaus 1766)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Sotalia sp. Gray 1866
Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae
Pontoporia sp. Gray 1846
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassu sp. Fischer 1814
Mammalia - Cervidae
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cuniculidae
Agouti paca (Linnaeus 1766)
recombined as Cuniculus paca
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris (Linnaeus 1766)
recombined as Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Cavia aperea Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
Dasyprocta aguti (Linnaeus 1766)
synonym of Dasyprocta leporina
Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae
Alouatta sp. Lacépède 1799
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphis sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Sao Paulo
Coordinates: 23.9° South, 48.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.9° South, 48.4° West
Altitude:10 meters
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:4930 ± 110 to 4890 ± 110 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: C14. C14.
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: archaeological site
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:coprolite
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,sieve
Taxonomic list comments:also have marine deposits, reptiles and birds at site
Metadata
Database number:71269
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:K. Sears
Created:1999-02-06 14:38:22 Last modified:1999-02-06 16:38:22
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-06 14:38:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24063. C. D. Rio Garcia and D.P. Uchoa. 1980. Piacaguera: Um Sambaqui do Litoral do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Revista de Pre-Historia 2:11-69 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]