Lapa do Periperi: Pleistocene, Brazil
collected 1836
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Speothos major
(Lund 1843)
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Berta 1984 | ||||||
| synonym of Speothos venaticus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Atelidae
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Protopithecus brasiliensis n. gen., n. sp.
Lund 1838
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Minas Gerais |
| Coordinates: | 19.6° South, 44.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° South, 43.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: "Pleistocene" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: "limestone cave network" | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1836 |
| Collection method comments: collection is in the Universitets Zoologisk Museum | |
| Taxonomic list comments:remaining fauna not discussed | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lagoa Santa | ||
| Database number: | 87321 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, B. Allen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-15 14:51:30 | Last modified: | 2009-03-15 16:51:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-15 14:51:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23914. | W. C. Hartwig and C. Cartelle. 1996. A complete skeleton of the giant South American primate Protopithecus. Nature 381:307-311 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 23874 | A. Berta. 1984. The Pleistocene Bush Dog Speothos pacivorus (Canidae) from the Lagoa Santa Caves, Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 65(4):549-559 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/B. Allen] |