Serra do Gronda: Pleistocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
rusconii
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
waringi
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
Mammalia - Cervidae
Mazama americana (Erxleben 1777)
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Reptilia
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Espirito Santo
Coordinates: 20.7° South, 41.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.7° South, 40.9° West (Wright 2013)
Altitude:360 meters
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:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Geology comments: bed of a former creek in the region
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:71293
Authorizer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos Enterer:K. Sears, E. Vlachos
Modifier:E. Vlachos
Created:1999-02-10 11:28:48 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-10 11:28:48
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24081. C. D. Paula Couto. 1978. Mamiferos Fosseis do Pleistoceno do Espirito Santo. Anais da Academia Brasiliera de Cienceas 50(3):365-379 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/J. Alroy]