Cancheiros (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Also known as Praia dos Concheiros, Rio Grande do Sul, Continental Shelf

Where: Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil (33.4° S, 52.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.4° S, 52.8° W (Wright 2013)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; muddy, sandy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. P. Lopes and J. C. Pereira. 2010. Fossils of Scelidotheriinae Ameghino, 1904 (Xenarthra, Pilosa) in the Pleistocene deposits of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Gaea: Journal of Geoscience 6(1):44-52 [M. Uhen/A. Graur]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182161: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Alex Graur on 11.10.2016, edited by Miranta Kouvari

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
LGP-P0001, LGP-P0002, LGP-P0003, LGP-P0004
  - Mylodontidae
Catonyx cuvieri Lund 1839 edentate