Curimatäs Paleontological Site
Basic information
Sample name: Curimatäs Paleontological Site

Reference: H. I. de Araùjo-Jùnior, K. O. Porpino, and L. P. Bergqvist. 2015. Vertebrate taphonomy and paleoecology in an Upper Pleistocene tank deposit of Paraíba, Brazil: Taphonomic modes, evidence of temporal and spatial resolutions and paleoecological patterns of the Brazilian Intertropical Region. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 437:1-17 [ER 3078]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Paraíba


Coordinate: 7° 7' 48" S, 36° 7' 1" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Time interval: Late Pleistocene

Geography comments: "at Curimatäs county... around 9.5 Km southwest of Pocinhos City"
Late Pleistocene age assignment is based on correlation with nearby faunas

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Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: conglomerate

Taphonomic context: lake deposit

Habitat comments: "a fossil-bearing matrix-supported conglomerate"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other large mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 105 specimens

Years: 1962

Sampling comments: "The tank deposit of Curimatãs was fully excavated in 1962 by Carlos de Paula Couto and Antônio Ramos"

Metadata
Sample number: 3351

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-08-25 19:27:30

Modified: 2019-08-25 10:53:49

Abundance distribution
14 species
5 singletons
total count 105
geometric series index: 25.5
Fisher's α: 4.339
geometric series k: 0.7660
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8360
Shannon's H: 2.1132
Good's u: 0.9524
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Register
†Eremotherium laurillardi13
Glossotherium sp.4
Scelidotheriinae indet.3
†Holmesina paulacoutoi1
Panochthus sp.18
†Notiomastodon platensis1
†Toxodon platensis5
†Xenorhinotherium bahiense32
†Palaeolama major11
Mazama gouazoubira114 kg frugivore-browser
†Equus neogeus7
"Equus (Amerhippus) neogaeus"
†Hippidion principale7
Leopardus sp.1
Pantherinae indet.1