Lajedo de Escada: Late Pleistocene - Holocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839
Oliveira et al. 2010
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
23 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon waringi (Holland 1920)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Mammalia - Cervidae
Duarte and da Silva Santos 1961
Reptilia - Testudinata
Duarte and da Silva Santos 1961
also including material from MCC in Santos 2001 MSc Thesis
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Rio Grande do Norte
Coordinates: 5.2° South, 37.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene - Holocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Lajedo da Escada, Lagedo de Olho d'Agua da Escada
Database number:93235
Authorizer:M. Uhen, E. Vlachos, C. Jaramillo Enterer:M. Uhen, E. Vlachos, J. Carrillo
Modifier:E. Vlachos Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-08 13:29:31 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-08 13:29:31
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
31515. K. O. Porpino, J. C. Fernicola, and L. P. Bergqvist. 2009. A new cingulate (Mammalia: Xenarthra), Pachyarmatherium brasiliense sp. nov., from the Late Pleistocene of northeastern Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):881-893 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

89339 L. Duarte and R. da Silva Santos. 1961. Novas Ocorrencias Fossiliferas nos Estados do Rio Grande do Norte e Ceara. Coleção Mossoroense 56:1-10 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
66421 E. V. Oliveira, K. O. Porpino, and A. F. Barreto. 2010. On the presence of Glyptotherium in the Late Pleistocene of Northeastern Brazil, and the status of "Glyptodon" and "Chlamydotherium". Paleobiogeographic implications. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 258(3):353-363 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]