Lajedão do Patrício
Basic information
Sample name: Lajedão do Patrício

Reference: F. H. C. Faria and I. S. Carvalho. 2019. Análise tafonómica dos fósseis da megafauna Quaternária do Lajedão do Patrí­cio, João Dourado (Bahia), Brasil. Revista Geociências 38(4):969-985 [ER 3390]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Bahia

Coordinate: 11° 17' S, 42° 36' W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Time interval: Pleistocene - Holocene

Max Ma: 0.0168

Min Ma: 0.0091

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "at Fazenda Faveleira, in the village of Lajedão do Patrício, minicipallity of João Dourado" (Faria et al. 2020)
said to be 11º 16' 52.4" S, 41º 35' 79" E, which is clearly erroneous at the minute level
there are four ESR dates on Notiomastodon and Toxodontinae ranging from 16.8 to 9.1 kyr

Environment
Lithology: conglomerate

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: a parautochthonous fluvial deposit embedded in a Neoproterozoic limestone
the fossiliferous unit is a 40 cm thick conglomerate

Methods
Life forms: ungulates, other large mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 65 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Metadata
Sample no: 3769

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-06-06 21:22:53

Modified: 2021-06-06 11:23:48

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
4 species
0 singleton
total count 65
geometric series index: 4.6
Fisher's α: 0.941
geometric series k: 0.6114
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6012
Shannon's H: 1.0927
Good's u: 1
Register
Eremotherium laurillardi (ground sloth)35
Notiomastodon platensis (gomphothere)19
Toxodon platensis (notoungulate)8
Glyptodon sp. 3