Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection

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Autor(a) principal: VASCONCELOS,ANDRÉ G.
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: BITTENCOURT,JONATHAS S., AULER,AUGUSTO S.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Online)
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Resumo: Abstract: We describe the first occurrence of biogenic traces made by mammals within an iron formation cave located in the Serra da Ferrugem Ridge, in Southeastern Brazil. These bioerosions are tooth traces produced in boulders, walls and floor within the cave. The traces occur as sets of two or more grooves, which are highly variable in size. The grooves were compared to tooth traces artificially produced by imprinting the incisors of different mammal species collected in the cave region on soft clay. Among those, the following taxa are potential tracemakers: Akodon sp., Oligoryzomys sp., Necromys lasiurus, Rhipidomys mastacalis, Oecomys gr. concolor, Trinomys moojeni, and Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. The age of the traces is unknown; therefore, any discussion on its fossil nature is circumstantial. Regardless of its relevance to paleontology, the presence of ichnological features should be considered as an additional cave value, according to the current Brazilian legislation regarding cave protection.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection
title Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection
spellingShingle Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection
VASCONCELOS,ANDRÉ G.
bioerosion
geophagy
gnawing traces
rodents
ichnology
title_short Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection
title_full Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection
title_fullStr Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection
title_full_unstemmed Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection
title_sort Mammal tooth traces in a ferruginous cave in southeastern Brazil and their relevance to cave legal protection
author VASCONCELOS,ANDRÉ G.
author_facet VASCONCELOS,ANDRÉ G.
BITTENCOURT,JONATHAS S.
AULER,AUGUSTO S.
author_role author
author2 BITTENCOURT,JONATHAS S.
AULER,AUGUSTO S.
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv VASCONCELOS,ANDRÉ G.
BITTENCOURT,JONATHAS S.
AULER,AUGUSTO S.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv bioerosion
geophagy
gnawing traces
rodents
ichnology
topic bioerosion
geophagy
gnawing traces
rodents
ichnology
description Abstract: We describe the first occurrence of biogenic traces made by mammals within an iron formation cave located in the Serra da Ferrugem Ridge, in Southeastern Brazil. These bioerosions are tooth traces produced in boulders, walls and floor within the cave. The traces occur as sets of two or more grooves, which are highly variable in size. The grooves were compared to tooth traces artificially produced by imprinting the incisors of different mammal species collected in the cave region on soft clay. Among those, the following taxa are potential tracemakers: Akodon sp., Oligoryzomys sp., Necromys lasiurus, Rhipidomys mastacalis, Oecomys gr. concolor, Trinomys moojeni, and Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. The age of the traces is unknown; therefore, any discussion on its fossil nature is circumstantial. Regardless of its relevance to paleontology, the presence of ichnological features should be considered as an additional cave value, according to the current Brazilian legislation regarding cave protection.
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