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A new late Pleistocene ichnological site with mammal footprints from Brazil

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 94; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102216

1873-0647

Édison Vicente Oliveira, Pétrius S. Bélo, Gélson Luís Fambrini, Alcídes N. Sial, Ana K.B. Silva, Alcina Magnólia Franca Barreto,

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Pleistocene sites with mammals in Brazil are commonly recorded from limestone or dolomite caves, outcrops at rivers and creeks, coastal plain lagoon deposits, rock shelters, and natural tanks. This work presents a new late Pleistocene site containing bones and footprints of mammals. The footprints are assigned to llama (Lamaichnum), cervid (Pecoripeda), horse (Hippipeda), and at least one megamammal (?Toxodon), constituting the northernmost record for the late Pleistocene of South America and the first record from Brazil. Mammals are related to fluvial environments along with treeless vegetation during a sub-humid climate, in a region currently dominated by a semiarid biome.