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Megafauna do Pleistoceno final de Matina, Bahia, Brasil: sistemática, cronologia e paleoecologia

2015; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4072/rbp.2015.2.11

ISSN

2236-1715

Autores

Leonardo Souza Lobo, Carolina Saldanha Scherer, Mário André Trindade Dantas,

Tópico(s)

Primate Behavior and Ecology

Resumo

SYSTEMATIC, CHRONOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY.Fossils of Pleistocene mammals are well-represented in all Northeastern Brazil.In Bahia State these are found in caves and tanks fossiliferous outcrops.This paper focuses on the study of fossil mammals from the tank known as "Sítio Novo", in the municipality of Matina, Bahia.The research identifi ed seven taxa: Megatheriidae (Megatheriinae, Eremotherium laurillardi), Mylodontidae, Glyptodontidae, Macraucheniidae (Macraucheninae, Xenorhinotherium bahiense), Toxodontidae, Gomphotheriidae (Notiomastodon platensis) e Camelidae.This locality has one of the most diverse records of extinct mammalian fauna until now among the tanks found in Bahia.Based on the studied assemblage and dates of the same taxa from this and others assemblages, we suggest that the local fauna lived during the late Pleistocene.

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