LIZARDS AND SNAKES (LEPIDOSAURIA, SQUAMATA) FROM THE LATE QUATERNARY OF THE STATE OF CEARA IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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We present the first formal report on the squamate assemblage from Parque Nacional de Ubajara. This park contains the most important cave complex in the state of Ceara in northeastern Brazil, called Provincia Espeleologica de Ubajara. The material comes from the Urso Fossil cave at Pendurado Hill. All previously reported fossil remains found in this cave are tentatively attributed to the Quaternary (late Pleistocene-early Holocene). Probably only Arctotherium brasiliense represents a relictual fossil bear from the late Pleistocene megafauna. The taxa recognized in this paper belong to Tropidurus sp., Ameiva sp., cf. Epicrates, and cf. Crotalus durissus, adding to the knowledge of the Brazilian Quaternary squamate fauna as a whole, and contribute to a major taxonomic refinement of the squamate assemblages from the early Holocene of northeastern Brazil. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [473952/2008-4] Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) CNPq CNPq [150803/2010-9] Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) CNPq CNPq |
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JOURNAL OF CAVE AND KARST STUDIES, HUNTSVILLE, v. 74, n. 3, pp. 262-270, DEC, 2012 1090-6924 http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/33953 10.4311/2011PA0239 |
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eng |
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NATL SPELEOLOGICAL SOC HUNTSVILLE |
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JOURNAL OF CAVE AND KARST STUDIES |
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openAccess Copyright NATL SPELEOLOGICAL SOC |
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