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First record of Eremotherium laurillardi (Lund, 1842) (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) in the Quaternary of Uberaba, Triângulo Mineiro (Minas Gerais State), Brazil

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 37; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jsames.2012.03.006

ISSN

1873-0647

Autores

Agustín G. Martinelli, Patrícia Fonseca Ferraz, Gabriel Cardoso Cunha, Isabella Cardoso Cunha, Ismar de Souza Carvalho, Luiz Carlos Borges Ribeiro, Francisco Macedo Neto, Camila Lourencini Cavellani, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira, Mara Lúcia da Fonseca Ferraz,

Tópico(s)

Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Resumo

Although the occurrence of Pleistocene mammals is abundant in many localities of Minas Gerais State (e.g., Lagoa Santa, Janaúba, Bambuí, Cordisburgo, Patos de Minas, Araxá), there are no references at present of Quaternary megafauna in Uberaba, Triângulo Mineiro, southeastern Brazil. This region is traditionally recognized for its taxonomically diverse fauna of the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group. In 2006, fossil material attributed to giant ground sloth Eremotherium laurillardi (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae), a typical taxon of the Brazilian Pleistocene, was discovered in the Uberaba City (Minas Gerais State). The specimen (CPP 1122) which is here described consists of several cranial and postcranial bones of a single individual. The material was confined to a small alluvial deposit, yielding in the Córrego da Saudade stream, which due its restricted area distribution it is not represented in geological maps.

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