Garrincho: Late Pleistocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy 1810)
Peyre et al. 1998
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Catonyx cuvieri (Lund 1839)
Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881
Peyre et al. 1998
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Guerin et al. 1993
"E. lundi"
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Peyre et al. 1998
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
"Pampatherium humboldti"
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Euphractus sp. Wagler 1830
Peyre et al. 1998
Peyre et al. 1998
Guerin et al. 1993
Peyre et al. 1998
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Peyre et al. 1998
"H. waringi"
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Thrichomys sp. Trouessart 1881
Kerber et al. 2016
FUMDHAM 200-22304-1, FUMDHAM 200- 34496-1
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
Kerber et al. 2016
FUMDHAM 200-35623, FUMDHAM 200-36907
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Galea sp. Meyen 1832
Kerber et al. 2016
FUMDHAM 200-35064
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Peyre et al. 1998
Prevosti et al. 2021
Peyre et al. 1998
Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Geoffroy 1803)
Peyre et al. 1998
"Felis yagouaroundi"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Peyre et al. 1998
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Peyre et al. 1998
"Arctodus cf. bonaerense"
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869
Guerin et al. 1993
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassu pecari (Link 1795)
"Dicotyles tajacu"
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama major Liais 1872
    = Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869
Peyre et al. 1998
Mammalia - Cervidae
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817
Peyre et al. 1998
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Guerin et al. 1993
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Piaui
Coordinates: 8.9° South, 42.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Age estimate: 10020 ± 290 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Kerber et al. 2016: Absolute ages from this locality include 14C on charcoal (10,020 ^ 290 years BP) and AMS on human teeth (12,170 ^ 40 years BP, 15,245 – 14,690 calibrated years) (Guidon et al. 2000; Peyre et al. 2009). Some datings by thermoluminescence and OSL were carried out, but they showed conflicting results (Felice 2006). More details from the Toca do Gordo do Garrincho site are available in Peyre et al. (1998, 2009), Guidon et al. (2000) and Felice (2006).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: argillaceous sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified gravel
Lithology description: Guerin et al.1993: Il s'agit cl'une grotte creusée clans un petit affleurement calcaire de même nature que pour les gisements précédents (carte Congo à 1/100.000), située à la base du massif, en contact avec le pédiment.
Environment:cave
Geology comments: megafauna is from argillaceous sands and cemented gravels: see Peyre et al. 1998
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Collection size:1500 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: specimen count is approximate; earlier figure of 170 given by Guerin was based on preliminary excavations
Taxonomic list comments:numerous additional identifications of Peyre et al. 1998 derive from much later collections
Metadata
Also known as:Toca do Gordo do Garrincho, Toca do Garrincho
Database number:71335
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, G. Varnham
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-03-09 21:20:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-09 21:20:24
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]
73155 L. Kerber, E. L. Mayer, A. M. Ribeiro and M. G. Vucetich. 2016. Late Quaternary caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Hystricognathi) from the Serra da Capivara, northeastern Brazil, with description of a new taxon. Historical Biology 28(4):439-458 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
24109 E. Peyre, C. Guerin, N. Guidon and Y. Coppens. 1998. Des restes humains pleistocenes dans la grotte du Garrincho, Piaui, Bresil. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la terre et des planetes 327:335-360 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
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]