Toca da Cima dos Pilao: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Monodelphis domestica
(Wagner 1842)
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Guerin et al. 1993 | |||||||||
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Marmosa sp.
Gray 1821
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Guerin et al. 1993 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Pampatherium humboldtii
(Lund 1839)
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| "Pampatherium humboldti" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypodinae indet.
Gray 1821
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Dasypus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Catonyx cuvieri
(Lund 1839)
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| original and current combination Megalonyx cuvieri | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Macraucheniidae
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Macrauchenia cf. patachonica
Owen 1838
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| corrected as Macrauchenia patagonica | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hippidion bonaerensis
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Equus neogeus
(Lund 1840)
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| synonym of Equus caballus | ||||||||||
| "E. neogaeus" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Mazama sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Palaeolama major
Liais 1872
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| recombined as Palaeolama (Palaeolama) major | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Tayassu pecari
(Link 1795)
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Pecari tajacu
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| "Dicotyles tajacu" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis yagouaroundi
Geoffroy 1803
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| recombined as Puma yagouaroundi | ||||||||||
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Smilodon populator
Lund 1842
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctotherium brasiliense
(Lund 1838)
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| "Arctodus brasiliensis" | ||||||||||
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Arctodus brasiliensis
(Lund 1838)
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| recombined as Arctotherium (Pararctotherium) brasiliense | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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| Speothos or Cerdocyon | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Echimyidae
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Thrichomys apereoides
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cuniculidae
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Agouti paca
(Linnaeus 1766)
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| recombined as Cuniculus paca | ||||||||||
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Cuniculus rugiceps
Lund 1837
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Mayer et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Kerodon rupestris
Wied 1820
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Galea spixii
(Wagler 1851)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Pseudoryzomys simplex
Winge 1887
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Calomys callosus
(Rengger 1830)
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Guerin et al. 1993 | |||||||||
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Holochilus brasiliens
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Oryzomys sp.
Baird 1857
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Guerin et al. 1993 | |||||||||
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Oryzomys cf. subflavus
Wagner 1842
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Guerin et al. 1993 | |||||||||
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Akodon cf. cursor
Winge 1887
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Angiospermae
- Asparagales
- Agavaceae
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Dracaena sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Piaui |
| Coordinates: | 9.0° South, 42.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.0° South, 42.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | ||
| Age estimate: | 10390 ± 80 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: C14
Geurin et al. 1993: Dans la moins profonde, des restes de foyers et de l'industrie lithique ont été datés de 10.390 +/- 80 ans BP (BETA 27345). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: "rock shelter" and "holes"; nature of dated material not clear | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,bone collector |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 320 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:lithic industry and Dracaena sp. (Teiidae) also present | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sumidouro do Sansão | ||
| Database number: | 71334 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, G. Varnham |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-03-09 21:12:45 | Last modified: | 2020-07-29 02:52:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-03-09 21:12:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23910. | C. Guerin. 1991. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 312:567-572 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 24018 | C. Guerin, M. A. Curvello, M. Faure, M. Hugueney, and C. Mourer-Chauvire. 1993. La Faune Pleistocene du Piaui (Nordeste du Bresil): Implications Paleoecologiques et Biochronologiques. Quaternaria Nova 111:303-341 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/G. Varnham] | |
| 73157 | E. L. Mayer, A. Hubbe, L. Kerber, P. M. Haddad-Martim, and W. Neves. 2016. Taxonomic, biogeographic, and taphonomic reassessment of a large extinct species of paca from the Quaternary of Brazil. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(4):743-758 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] |