Gruta do Curupira: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Brazil
collected by S. Hirooka

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
(3 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Mato Grosso County:Rosario Oeste
Coordinates: 15.2° South, 56.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.2° South, 56.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:glacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:S. Hirooka
Metadata
Database number:136521
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Ballen
Created:2012-11-29 12:46:24 Last modified:2012-11-28 19:46:24
Access level:group members Released:2015-11-29 12:46:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43673. C. Cartelle and S. Hirooka. 2005. Primeiro registro pleistocenico de Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788) (Carnivora, Mustelidae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(3):595-598 [C. Jaramillo/G. Ballen/G. Ballen]