Toca do Serrote das Moendas (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Piauí, Brazil (8.9° S, 42.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° S, 42.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Kerber et al. 2016: Available numerical ages from Toca do Serrote das Moendas include 14C on mollusks (24,210 +/- 150 and 26,970 +/- 140 years BP), optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) (13,000 +/- 3,000 years BP) and electron spin resonance on mammal teeth (Blastocerus) (22,000 +/- 2,000 and 23,000 +/- 2,000 years BP) (Guidon et al. 2009), corresponding to the late Pleistocene.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: karst; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Kerber et al. 2016: The material here described has been collected since 1986 by the archaeologist Dr Niéde Guidon and her team. The material is housed in the palaeovertebrates collection of the Fundação Museu do Homem Americano (FUMDHAM)

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211632: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 24.07.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Blastocerus sp. Wagner 1844 marsh deer
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus sp. Gray 1837 hog-nosed skunk
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cerdocyon sp. Hamilton-Smith 1839 crab-eating fox
 Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Hydrochoeridae indet. Gill 1872 caviomorph
FUMDHAM 113-146112
 Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
Dasyprocta sp. Illiger 1811 agouti
FUMDHAM 113- 145084-4a
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Kerodon rupestris Wied 1820 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
cf. Myocastor sp. Kerr 1782 spiny rat
FUMDHAM 113-146320
Thrichomys sp. Trouessart 1881 punaré
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Coendou magnus Lund 1839 prehensile-tailed porcupine
FUMDHAM 113-145817
 Rodentia -
Niedemys piauiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Niedemys piauiensis n. gen. n. sp. Kerber et al. 2016 caviomorph
Holotype: FUMDHAM 113-146365-2
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodontidae indet. Burmeister 1879 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypodidae indet. Gray 1821 armadillo
Aves
 Rheiformes - Rheidae
Rhea sp. Brisson 1760 rhea