Taphonomy of Anura (Amphibia) remains of the Holocene from Cuvieri Cave, Minas Gerais state, Brazil

The Cuvieri Cave was the subject of numerous paleoenvironmental and paleontological studies, but none of them highlighted the fossil and subfossil remains of Anura. This work reports the occurrence of bone parts of anurans from the Holocene. The recovered material consists of axial and appendicular...

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Autor: Chahud, Artur
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Revista de Biologia Neotropical (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/73433
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufg.br/RBN/article/view/73433
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quaternary
caves
Lagoa Santa
Archaic Gap
microvertebrates
Quaternário
cavernas
microvertebrados
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Sumario:The Cuvieri Cave was the subject of numerous paleoenvironmental and paleontological studies, but none of them highlighted the fossil and subfossil remains of Anura. This work reports the occurrence of bone parts of anurans from the Holocene. The recovered material consists of axial and appendicular bones of different sizes and proportions, suggesting the presence of different species. The specimens were observed in two periods, the oldest occurring in the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary and the vast majority in layers with ages below 6 thousand years BP. The period of absence from the record coincides with the period known as the Archaic Gap in which there was low or no human occupation in Lagoa Santa.