Pleistocene megafauna from the Elefant Farm, Gararu, Sergipe, Brazil.
Authors
Mário André Trindade Dantas
Universidade Federal de Sergipe, UFS
Maria Helena Zucon
Laboratório de Paleontologia, Departamento de Bologia, Univesidade Federal de Sergipe
Ana Maria Ribeiro
Seção de Paleontologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul
Keywords:
Megafauna, Pleistoceno final, Gararu, Sergipe
Abstract
The occurrence of megafauna is recorded since the XIX century for many Brazilian states. After 1985, studies in Sergipe State were intensified. Until now Eremotherium laurillardi, Stegomastodon waringi, Palaeolama major, Scelidodon cuvieri and Toxodon sp were identified, from Aquidabã, Canhoba, Monte Alegre and Poço Redondo municipalities. In 2002 new fossils were found in a Pleistocene “tank” in the district of Gararu with: Tardigrada (Megatheriidae – Eremotherium laurillardi, Mylodontidae – Catonyx cuvieri, Mylodontidae - Mylodontinae); Cingulata (Glyptodontidae – Glyptodon cf. G. clavipes); Notoungulata (Toxodontidae); Artiodactyla (Camelidae – Palaeolama major); Perissodactyla (Equidae – Equinae); Proboscidea (Gomphotheriidae – Stegomastodon waringi); Carnivora (Felidae – Smilodon populator). Such studies identified for the first time the occurrence of Mylodontidae, Equinae, Catonyx cuvieri, Smilodon populator and Glyptodon cf. G. clavipes in Sergipe State.
Author Biographies
Mário André Trindade Dantas, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, UFS
