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

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• 作者：Agustí ; n G. Martinelli^a ; ^{agustin_martinelli@yahoo.com.ar} ; Patrí ; cia Fonseca Ferraz^a ; Gabriel Cardoso Cunha^a ; Isabella Cardoso Cunha^a ; Ismar de Souza Carvalho^b ; Luiz Carlos Borges Ribeiro^a ; Francisco Macedo Neto^a ; Camila Lourencini Cavellani^a ; Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira^a ; Mara Lú ; cia da Fonseca Ferraz^a
• 关键词：Megatheriidae ; Eremotherium ; Uberaba ; Minas Gerais ; Quaternary
• 刊名：Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：50_08959811
• 类别：ear
• 出版时间：August, 2012
• 卷：37
• 期：Complete
• 页码：202-207
• 文件大小：1380 K

摘要

Although the occurrence of Pleistocene mammals is abundant in many localities of Minas Gerais State (e.g., Lagoa Santa, Jana煤ba, Bambu铆, Cordisburgo, Patos de Minas, Arax谩), there are no references at present of Quaternary megafauna in Uberaba, Tri芒ngulo 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 m>Eremotherium laurillardim> (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 C贸rrego da Saudade stream, which due its restricted area distribution it is not represented in geological maps.