Fazenda Suse II: Late Pleistocene, Brazil
collected by Mr. Marlon Luiz de Assis Coelho 1999
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Eremotherium laurillardi
(Lund 1842)
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LGUESB 0003 to LGUESB 0013 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Stegomastodon waringi
(Holland 1920)
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LGUESB 0002 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Toxodontinae indet.
Owen 1837
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LGUESB 0001 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Bahia | County: | Vitoria da Conquista |
Coordinates: | 14.8° South, 40.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | |||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified argillaceous,sandy conglomerate |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: At the Suse II Farm, blocks of conglomerate sediments were recovered in addition to the fossils inside the "tank" as well as bone fragments. Other works report the fossils form those deposits placed just above the conglomerate. An analysis of the conglomerate showed the presence of clays rich in organic matter, fine and angular quartz, fine muscovite, calcite, fossil bone fragments, and carbonized leaves. | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Glacial or sequence phase: | glacial |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,permineralized,coalified,replaced with calcite,replaced with other |
Degree of concentration: | -multiple events |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
Size sorting: | poor |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | species names | ||
Collection methods: | observed (not collected) | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Mr. Marlon Luiz de Assis Coelho | Collection dates: | 1999 |
Collection method comments: The fossil discoveries in the Suse II Farm "tank" took place in accidental way, therefore, the specimens collected suffered from artificial selection, being picked only well-preserved specimens. The authors thank Mr. Marlon Luiz de Assis Coelho, owner of the Sse II Farm, for the donation of the fossils to the Geology Laboratory of the UESB. |
Metadata
Database number: | 137121 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | G. Ballen |
Created: | 2012-12-10 15:58:46 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-12-10 15:58:46 |
Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43824. | M. A. T. Dantas and M. A. L. Tasso. 2007. Megafauna do Pleistoceno final de Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia: taxonomia e aspectos tafonomicos. Scientia Plena 3(3):30-36 [C. Jaramillo/G. Ballen] |