PBDB Collection

Mostardas: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Brazil

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

	Otariidae indet. (Gray 1825)	Bergqvist et al. 1999	1 specimen

	Otaria cf. byronia Blainville 1820

	Arctocephalus sp. Cuvier 1826	Bergqvist et al. 1999	1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Dusicyon cf. avus Burmeister 1866	Rodrigues et al. 2004

	cf. Theriodictis sp. Mercerat 1891	Rodrigues et al. 2004
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

	Smilodon populator Lund 1842	Rodrigues et al. 2004
Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae

	Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844)	Ribeiro et al. 1998
see common names

Geography

Country:	Brazil	State/province:	Rio Grande do Sul
Coordinates:	31.1° South, 51.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	31.1° South, 51.0° West
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

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

Formation:	Chui
Local section:	Sistema Laguna-Barreira	Local bed:	III
Stratigraphy comments: Late Pleistocene

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	coastal indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:

general faunal/floral analysis

Metadata

Also known as:	Rio Grande do Sul
Database number:	59978
Authorizer:	M. Uhen	Enterer:	M. Uhen
Modifier:	M. Kouvari	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2006-04-25 11:39:01	Last modified:	2020-11-30 10:41:45
Access level:	the public	Released:	2006-04-25 11:39:01
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

17246.

C. J. Drehmer and A. M. Ribeiro. 1998. A temporal bone of an Otariidae (Mammalia, Pinnipedia), from the late Pleistocene of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Revista Universidade Guarulhos Geociencias 3(6):39-44 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

47553		L. P. Bergqvist, C. J. Drehmer, A. M. Ribeiro and E. V. Oliveira. 1999. Aquatic mammal fossils from Brazil: A review. 4(6):28-32 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
30423		A. M. Ribeiro, C. J. Drehmer, S. C. Francisco and P. C. Simones Lopes. 1998. Pleistocene skull remains of Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea, Pontoporiidae) from the coast plain of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and the relationship of pontoporids. Revista Universidade Guarulhos Geociencias 3(6):71-77 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
17245		P. H. Rodrigues, F. J. Prevosti, J. Ferigolo and A. M. Ribeiro. 2004. Novos materials de Carnivora para o Pleistoceno do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. New Pleistocene Carnivora data from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 7(1):77-86 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]