Lagoa do Rancho
Basic information
Sample name: Lagoa do Rancho
Reference: C. S. Scherer, L. F. M. Pales, M. Rosa, and S. A. da Silva. 2017. Chronological, taphonomical, and paleoenvironmental aspects of a Late Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 79:95-110 [ER 3067]
Geography
Country: Brazil
State: Bahia
Coordinate: 14° 8' 42" S, 43° 53' 8" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Ma: 0.01602
Age basis: radiocarbon (uncalibrated)
Geography comments: "in Guanambi municipality"
raw 14C age is 16, 020 ybp, calibrated age is 17, 391 ybp
raw 14C age is 16, 020 ybp, calibrated age is 17, 391 ybp
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: lake deposit
Habitat comments: "dark sand-clayey sediments"
Methods
Life forms: ungulates, other large mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 74 specimens
Years: 2014, 2015
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Part of the fossils from Lagoa do Rancho also were collected in the sediments previously excavated of the tank... But, some fossils were in situe"
Metadata
Sample no: 3339
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-24 19:22:18
Modified: 2023-04-03 06:57:08
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
2 singletons
total count 74
geometric series index: 14.5
Fisher's α: 2.685
geometric series k: 0.6286
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6553
Shannon's H: 1.5307
Good's u: 0.9733
Register
| †Eremotherium laurillardi (ground sloth) | 41 | |
| †Pachyarmatherium brasiliense (cingulate) | 7 | |
| Glyptodontinae indet. | 4 | |
| †Propraopus sulcatus (armadillo) | 7 | |
| †Pampatherium cf. humboldtii (pampathere) | 6 | |
| †Holmesina paulacoutoi (pampathere) | 5 | |
| Toxodontidae indet. | 1 | |
| Tapirus terrestris (Brazilian tapir) | 1 | 198.0 kg |
| Camelidae indet. | 2 | |