Lage Grande-Level 1: Pleistocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
"E. rusconii"
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"H. waringi"
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Haplodontheriidae
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Mammalia - Cervidae
Hippocamelus sp. Leuckart 1816
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Paula Couto 1980
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Pernambuco
Coordinates: 9.1° South, 38.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.1° South, 38.1° West (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:cave
Geology comments: depressions, filled with material from periodic rains and wind
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:71275
Authorizer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos Enterer:K. Sears, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Kouvari
Created:1999-02-07 16:02:46 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-07 16:02:46
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24082. J.L. Rolim. 1974. Calcario Secundario com Restos Fosseis de Mamiferos Pleistocenos em Pernambuco. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencas 46(3/4):417-422 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

24084 C. D. Paula Couto. 1980. Fossil Pleistocene to Sub-Recent Mammals from Northeastern Brazil. I - Edentata Megalonychidae. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencas 52(1):143-151 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]