Lagoa Santa: Pleistocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium humboldtii (Lund 1839)
Pereira Ferreira et al. 2018
ZMK 1/1845: 2314, ZMK 1/1845: 2318
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotheriini indet. Castellanos 1953
Oliveira et al. 2009
    = Glyptotherium sp. Osborn 1903
Oliveira et al. 2010
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi (Lund 1842)
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotherium maquinense (Hay 1930)
original and current combination Coelodon maquinense
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Ocnopus gracilis Lund 1840
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Scelidotherium cuvieri Lund 1839
Valgipes deformis Gervais 1874
synonym of Valgipes bucklandi
Glossotherium giganteum Lund 1838
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis vetulus n. sp. Lund 1842
Cabrera 1931
Canis urostictus n. sp. Mivart 1890
Cabrera 1931
synonym of Canis vetulus
Canis parvidens n. sp. Mivart 1890
Cabrera 1931
synonym of Canis vetulus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Prevosti et al. 2021
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
"Tetrastylus" walteri
Kerber 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Dicolpomys fossor Winge 1887
Kerber 2017
Carterodon sulcidens Lund 1841
Kerber 2017
Myocastor coypus (Molina 1782)
Kerber 2017
Euryzygomatomys mordax Winge 1888
Kerber 2017
recombined as Proclinodontomys mordax
Clyomys laticeps
Kerber 2017
Thrichomys apereoides
Kerber 2017
Callistomys sp. Emmons and Vucetich 1998
Kerber 2017
Phyllomys brasiliensis
Kerber 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia
Kannabateomys amblyonyx
Kerber 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Coendou magnus Lund 1839
Kerber 2017
Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus 1758)
Kerber 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Hydrochoerus capivara
Kerber 2017
Neochoerus sulcidens
Kerber 2017
Cavia vates Winge 1887
Kerber 2017
Cavia lamingnae Locks and Montenegro 1985
Kerber 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cuniculidae
Cuniculus rugiceps Lund 1837
Kerber 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
Dasyprocta azarae
Kerber 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Minas Gerais County:Lagoa Santa
Coordinates: 19.6° South, 43.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.6° South, 43.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:glacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:140474
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion, B. Allen Enterer:G. Ballen, J. Carrillo, G. Varnham, B. Allen
Created:2013-03-10 15:44:03 Last modified:2013-03-09 22:44:03
Access level:group members Released:2016-03-10 15:44:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
45481. R. Hoffstetter. 1954. Les gravigrades (Edentes Xenarthres) des cavernes de Lagoa Santa (Minas Gerais, Bresil). Annalles des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 11:741-764 [C. Jaramillo/G. Ballen]

Secondary references:

85380 A. Cabrera. 1931. On some South American canine genera. Journal of Mammalogy 12(1):54-67 [B. Allen/B. Allen]
73095 L. Kerber. 2017. Imigrantes em um continente perdido: O registro fossilífero de roedores Caviomorpha (Mammalia: Rodentia: Ctenohystrica) do Cenozoico do Brasil . Terræ Didatica 13(2):185-211 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
66420 E. V. Oliveira, A. M. Franca Barreto, and R. Alves. 2009. Aspectos sistemáticos, paleobiogeográficos e paleoclimáticos dos mamíferos quaternáros de Fazenda Nova, PE, nordeste do Brasil. Gaea - Journal of Geoscience 5(2):75-85 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]
66421 E. V. Oliveira, K. O. Porpino, and A. F. Barreto. 2010. On the presence of Glyptotherium in the Late Pleistocene of Northeastern Brazil, and the status of "Glyptodon" and "Chlamydotherium". Paleobiogeographic implications. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 258(3):353-363 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]
73597 T. M. Pereira Ferreira, E. L. Mayer, J. Ferigolo, J. Pereira, and A. M. Ribeiro. 2018. Pampatherium humboldtii (Lund, 1839) (Xenarthra, Cingulata) of the Southern Brazilian Quaternary: cranial anatomy and taxonomic remarks. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 21(2):158-174 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
86764 F. J. Prevosti, C. Méndez, M. Schiaffini, S. Cirignoli, S. Contreras, A. E. Zurita, and C. A. Luna. 2021. The fossil record of the ocelot Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora, Felidae): a new record from the southern range of its distribution and its paleonvironmental context. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
85618 L. Varela and R. A. Fariña. 2016. Co-occurrence of mylodontid sloths and insights on their potential distributions during the late Pleistocene. Quaternary Research 85(1):66-74 [J. Carrillo/K. Pino]