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Gruta do Urso Fóssil, Ceará, Brazil
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -3.76667,-40.9 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Ceará, Brazil |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Ceará, Brazil |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Gruta do Urso Fóssil | Trajano E., Ferrarezzi H. (1995) | inferred to be from "a Pleistocene glacial period" | gravel | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Arctotherium (Pararctotherium) brasiliense species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Arctotherium : Arctotherium (Pararctotherium) brasiliense | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!