Toca da Janela da Barra do Antoniao: Late Pleistocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Guerin et al. 1993
Guerin et al. 1993
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Mormoopidae
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida brasiliensis (Geoffroy 1824)
Guerin et al. 1993
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Catonyx cuvieri (Lund 1839)
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
"E. lundi"
Xenocnus cearensis Paula Couto 1980
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus greslebini Castellanos 1941
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
"Pampatherium humboldti"
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Haplomastodon sp. Hoffstetter 1950
"H. waringi"
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Guerin et al. 1993
Holochilus brasiliensis (Desmarest 1819)
Guerin et al. 1993
Calomys callosus (Rengger 1830)
Guerin et al. 1993
Akodon cf. cursor Winge 1887
Guerin et al. 1993
Oryzomys sp. Baird 1857
Guerin et al. 1993
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Guerin et al. 1993
Galea spixii (Wagler 1851)
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cuniculidae
Agouti paca (Linnaeus 1766)
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Prevosti et al. 2021
Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Geoffroy 1803)
"Felis yagouaroundi"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus neogeus (Lund 1840)
"E. neogaeus"
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassu pecari (Link 1795)
"Dicotyles tajacu"
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama major Liais 1872
Mammalia - Cervidae
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Guerin et al. 1993
Monodelphis domestica (Wagner 1842)
Guerin et al. 1993
Guerin et al. 1993
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Guerin et al. 1993
Reptilia
Caiman sp. Spix 1825
Guerin et al. 1993
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Loricariidae
Guerin et al. 1993
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Piaui
Coordinates: 9.0° South, 42.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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: not reported
Lithology description: Geurin et al. 1993: Situé au Nord d'un petit afflerement de calcaire précambrien métamorphisé (carte Barragem à 1/100.000), ce vaste abri sous roche orienté au Nord se trouve légèrement en contre-bas de la surface d'altération qui nivelle une partie du calcaire (Guidon, 1989).
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: "lake at the foot of a cliff"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Collection size:900 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Lithic industry, human parietal, Caiman, tortoise, and Plecostomus aurogauttatus (Loricariidae) also present
Metadata
Also known as:Toca da Janela da Barra do Antonião
Database number:71332
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, G. Varnham
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-03-09 21:01:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-09 21:01:05
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
23910. C. Guerin. 1991. La faune de vertébrés du Pléistocéne supérieur de l’aire archéologique de São Raimundo Nonato (Piauí, Brésil). Comptes Rendus de l‘Académie des Sciences 312:567-572 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/E. Vlachos]

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]
86764 F. J. Prevosti, C. Méndez, M. Schiaffini, S. Cirignoli, S. Contreras, A. E. Zurita, and C. A. Luna. 2021. The fossil record of the ocelot Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora, Felidae): a new record from the southern range of its distribution and its paleonvironmental context. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]