A Fossil Equid from the Pleistocene of Alegrete, southern Brazil

Authors

  • CAROLINA SALDANHA SCHERER Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • ÁTILA AUGUSTO STOCK DA ROSA Laboratório de Estratigrafia e Paleobiologia/Departamento de Geociências/Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1807-9806.19589

Keywords:

fossil horse, Pleistocene - Holocene transition, continental megafauna.

Abstract

Fossil mammals and reptiles were found at the basal conglomeratic level from the Salatiel II outcrop, Sanga da Cruz, Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul, which gave an approximate thermoluminescence age of 14.000 years BP (before present). The fossil herein studied consists of a left dentary fragment of a horse, identified from the occlusal teeth surface as Hippidion cf. Hippidion principale. A preliminary analysis of the associated fauna permits to achieve some paleoclimate inferences for the region, presumably colder than the present.

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Published

2003-12-31

How to Cite

SCHERER, C. S., & DA ROSA, ÁTILA A. S. (2003). A Fossil Equid from the Pleistocene of Alegrete, southern Brazil. Pesquisas Em Geociências, 30(2), 33–38. https://doi.org/10.22456/1807-9806.19589

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 2 (2003): Pesquisas em Geociências

Section

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