Megafauna Upper Ribeira: Pleistocene - Holocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889
Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855
Catonyx cuvieri (Lund 1839)
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Mammalia - Cingulata - Panochthidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon waringi (Holland 1920)
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Sao Paulo
Coordinates: 24.6° South, 48.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.6° South, 48.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene - Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Repositories: Museu Paulista, located in São Paulo City; São Paulo Zoology Museum (MZ-USP), São Paulo City; National Museum of Rio de Janeiro (MN-RJ), in Rio de Janeiro City; University of São Paulo Geosciences Institute (IGc-USP), São Paulo City; Museum of the Geology Institute of São Paulo (MUGEO); and Museum Prof. Dr. Mário Tolentino of the Federal University of São Carlos (MUFSCar), São Paulo State.
Metadata
Database number:147609
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:M. Vallejo
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-07-10 04:53:41 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:group members Released:2015-07-10 04:53:41
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
47532. A. M. Ghilardi, M. A. Fernandes, and M. E. Bichuette. 2011. Megafauna from the Late Pleistocene-Holocene deposits of the Upper Ribeira karst area, southeast Brazil. Quaternary International 245(2):369-378 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo/A. Cárdenas]