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
Late Pleistocene age assignment is based on correlation with nearby faunas
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
extrapolated richness: 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
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Eremotherium laurillardi | 13 | |
| Glossotherium sp. | 4 | |
| Scelidotheriinae indet. | 3 | |
| Holmesina paulacoutoi | 1 | |
| Panochthus sp. | 18 | |
| Notiomastodon platensis | 1 | |
| Toxodon platensis | 5 | |
| Xenorhinotherium bahiense | 32 | |
| Palaeolama major | 11 | |
| Mazama gouazoubira | 1 | 14 kg frugivore-browser |
| Equus neogeus | 7 | |
| "Equus (Amerhippus) neogaeus" | ||
| Hippidion principale | 7 | |
| Leopardus sp. | 1 | |
| Pantherinae indet. | 1 | |
Current reference:
Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)