Where: Bahia, Brazil (10.2° S, 40.9° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 40.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• AMS C14 on bone
•date is for a deposit that may be in another chamber than the one described by Cartelle and Hartwig
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Cartelle and W. C. Hartwig. 1996. A new extinct primate among the Pleistocene megafauna of Bahia, Brazil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 93:6405-6409 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71313: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.02.1999, edited by Gustavo Ballen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Pteronotus parnelli mustached bat | |
Mammalia | |
Desmodus draculae, Desmodus rotundus, "Mormoops megalophylla" = Mormoops megaphylla, Lonchophylla mordax, Chrotopterus auritus
Desmodus draculae Morgan et al. 1988 vampire bat
Desmodus rotundus Geoffroy 1810 common vampire bat
"Mormoops megalophylla" = Mormoops megaphylla Peters 1864 leaf-nosed bat
Chrotopterus auritus Peters 1856 big-eared woolly bat | |
Tadarida brasiliensis Geoffroy 1824 Mexican free-tailed bat | |
Eptesicus brasiliensis house bat | |
Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo | |
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Scelidodon cuvieri edentate | |
Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 giant anteater | |
"Mazama gouazoubira" = Cervus gouazoubira
"Mazama gouazoubira" = Cervus gouazoubira Fischer 1814 deer | |
Lama guanicoe Müller 1776 guanaco | |
Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 collared peccary | |
Panthera onca, Leopardus tigrina, Leopardus pardalis, "Herpailurus yagouaroundi" = Puma yagouaroundi, Puma concolor, Smilodon populator
Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat | |
Arctotherium brasiliense Lund 1838 bear | |
Conepatus semistriatus Boddaert 1785 striped hog-nosed skunk | |
Procyon cancrivorus Cuvier 1798 crab eating raccoon | |
Protocyon troglodytes Lund 1938 canine
Cerdocyon thous Linnaeus 1766 crab eating fox | |
Coendou prehensilis Linnaeus 1758 prehensile-tailed porcupine | |
Protopithecus brasiliensis, Caipora bambuiorum n. gen. n. sp.
Protopithecus brasiliensis Lund 1838 monkey |