Cretaceous and Tertiary (Paleogene/Neogene) Squamates (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Bauru, Aiuruoca and Acre basins: systematics, evolution and palaeoenvironments

• Grant number: 11/14080-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Duration: January 01, 2012 - December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Paleozoology
• Principal Investigator: Annie Schmaltz Hsiou
• Grantee: Annie Schmaltz Hsiou
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Ana Maria Ribeiro ; Douglas Riff Gonçalves ; Edson Guilherme da Silva ; Felipe Chinaglia Montefeltro ; Francisco Ricardo Negri ; Francisco Sergio Bernardes Ladeira ; Jonas Pereira de Souza Filho ; Jorge Ferigolo ; Leonardo Rodrigo Kerber Tumeleiro ; Marcilene dos Santos ; Marco Aurélio Gallo de França ; Mariela Cordeiro de Castro ; Max Cardoso Langer ; Peter Mann de Toledo ; Renato Pirani Ghilardi ; Thiago Silva Loboda
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/08012-6 - Taphonomy and taxonomic composition of vertebrate microfossils from Talismã and Niterói sites (Solimões formation, Acre Basin, Upper Miocene), BP.MS; 14/02006-9 - Macrovertebrate taphonomy of Solimões Formation fossil assemblages (Acre basin, upper Miocene), BP.DR; 14/02005-2 - Description of a fossil of Eira barbara (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Pleistocene (Acre Basin) and comparative morphology of the sincranium of extant E. barbara: paleobiogeographic, geographic and taxonomic implications, BP.MS; 13/04516-1 - Syatematic Revision of the Mourasuchus genus (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae), one of the most peculiar crocodiles of the world, BP.MS; 12/04397-0 - Comparative anatomy fo South American Boinae snakes (Serpentes, Boidae): an osteological approach for application in vertebrate Paleontology, BP.IC

Abstract

In Brazil, the Cretaceous and "Tertiary" fossil record of squamates is more conspicuous in the southeastern and northern parts of the country. This includes only lizards and snakes, representing a minor component of the known diversity for the entire South American Mesozoic-Cenozoic. The most fossilifeous Brazilian deposits of Cretaceous-"Tertiary" age are from the Bauru (Meso/NeoCretaceous) and Acre (late Miocene) basins, especially in western São Paulo and Triângulo Mineiro, and in southwestern Amazonia. Besides, the recently discovered Aiuruoca Basin (Oligocene/Eocene) yielded a great deal of small tetrapod fossils, especially lissamphibians, and further field work in the basin is likely to reveal new squamate records for the Brazilian "Tertiary". This project attempts to explore those three areas in search for fossil squamates, as well as to conduct revision studies (anatomy and systematics) on certain Cretaceous and "Tertiary" taxa. Studies will focus on the phylogeny and evolution of land squamates, as well other small tetrapods (e.g., lissamphibians and mammals), along with their paleoenvironmental implications. Additional discoveries of fossil squamates are also likely to add data to a more comprehensive target, the bioestratigraphic refinement of the oligo-eocene and miocene deposits of the Acre and Aiuruoca basins. This is also the case of the Bauru Basin, the recent geological studies of which represent a workable framework for biostratigraphic studies, never performed as such for the basin. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

KERBER, LEONARDO; NEGRI, FRANCISCO RICARDO; RIBEIRO, ANA MARIA; VUCETICH, MARIA GUIOMAR; DE SOUZA-FILHO, JONAS PEREIRA. Late Miocene potamarchine rodents from southwestern Amazonia, Brazil-with description of new taxa. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA, v. 61, n. 1, p. 191-203, 2016. (11/14080-0)

ONARY-ALVES, SILVIO Y.; HSIOU, ANNIE S.; RINCON, ASCANIO D.. The northernmost South American fossil record of Boa constrictor (Boidae, Boinae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of El Breal de Orocual (Venezuela). ALCHERINGA, v. 41, n. 1, p. 61-68, 2017. (11/14080-0)

KERBER, LEONARDO; NEGRI, FRANCISCO R.; FERIGOLO, JORGE; MAYER, ELVER L.; RIBEIRO, ANA M.. Modifications on fossils of neoepiblemids and other South American rodents. LETHAIA, v. 50, n. 1, p. 149-161, JAN 2017. (11/14080-0)

BISSARO-JUNIOR, MARCOS CESAR; GHILARDI, RENATO PIRANI; BUENO, MATHEUS ROSARIO; MANZOLI, ANDERSON; ADORNI, FERNANDO SOARES; MUNIZ, FELLIPE PEREIRA; GUILHERME, EDSON; DE SOUZA FILHO, JONAS PEREIRA; NEGRI, FRANCISCO RICARDO; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ. THE TOTAL STATION AS A TOOL FOR RECORDING PROVENANCE IN PALEONTOLOGY FIELDWORK: CONFIGURATION, USE, ADVANTAGES, AND DISADVANTAGES. PALAIOS, v. 33, n. 2, p. 55-60, FEB 2018. (11/14080-0, 14/02006-9)

HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ; SCHUBERT, BLAINE W.; WINCK, GISELE R.; ONARY-ALVES, SILVIO YUJI; AVILLA, LEONARDO S.. NEW QUATERNARY TEIID (LEPIDOSAURIA, SQUAMATA) LIZARD REMAINS FROM GRUTA DO URSO, TOCANTINS, BRAZIL. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 19, n. 2, p. 233-242, MAY-AUG 2016. (11/14080-0)

HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ; GALLO DE FRANCA, MARCO AURELIO; FERIGOLO, JORGE. New Data on the Clevosaurus (Sphenodontia: Clevosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil. PLoS One, v. 10, n. 9, SEP 10 2015. (11/14080-0, 11/23834-9)

KERBER, LEONARDO; PITANA, VANESSA GREGIS; RIBEIRO, ANA MARIA; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ; OLIVEIRA, EDISON V.. Late Pleistocene vertebrates from Touro Passo Creek (Touro Passo Formation), southern Brazil: a review. REVISTA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS GEOLOGICAS, v. 31, n. 2, p. 248-259, AUG 2014. (11/14080-0)

FRANCA, MARCO A. G.; MARSOLA, JULIO C. DE A.; RIFF, DOUGLAS; HSIOU, ANNIE S.; LANGER, MAX C.. New lower jaw and teeth referred to Maxakalisaurus topai (Titanosauria: Aeolosaurini) and their implications for the phylogeny of titanosaurid sauropods. PeerJ, v. 4, JUN 8 2016. (13/23114-1, 11/14080-0, 14/03825-3)

CIDADE, GIOVANNE M.; SOUZA-FILHO, JONAS P.; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ; BROCHU, CHRISTOPHER A.; RIFF, DOUGLAS. New specimens of Mourasuchus (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) from the Miocene of Brazil and Bolivia and their taxonomic and morphological implications. ALCHERINGA, v. 43, n. 2, p. 1-18, MAR 2019. (11/14080-0, 13/04516-1)

ONARY, SILVIO Y.; FACHINI, THIAGO S.; HSIOU, ANNIE S.. The Snake Fossil Record from Brazil. Journal of Herpetology, v. 51, n. 3, p. 365-374, SEP 2017. (11/14080-0)

BISSARO-JUNIOR, MARCOS C.; KERBER, LEONARDO; CROWLEY, JAMES L.; RIBEIRO, ANA M.; GHILARDI, RENATO P.; GUILHERME, EDSON; NEGRI, FRANCISCO R.; SOUZA FILHO, JONAS P.; HSIOU, ANNIE S.. Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology constrains the age of Brazilian Neogene deposits from Western Amazonia. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, v. 516, p. 64-70, FEB 15 2019. (11/14080-0, 16/00476-3)

CIDADE, GIOVANNE M.; RIFF, DOUGLAS; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ. THE FEEDING HABITS OF THE STRANGE CROCODYLIAN MOURASUCHUS (ALLIGATOROIDEA, CAIMANINAE): A REVIEW, NEW HYPOTHESES AND PERSPECTIVES. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 22, n. 2, p. 106-119, MAY-AUG 2019. (13/04516-1, 11/14080-0)

HSIOU, ANNIE S.; NYDARN, RANDALL L.; SIMOES, TIAGO R.; PRETTO, FLAVIO A.; ONARY, SILVIO; MARTINELLI, AGUSTIN G.; LIPARINI, ALEXANDRE; ROMO DE VIVAR MARTINEZ, PAULO R.; SOARES, MARINA B.; SCHULTZ, CESAR L.; et al. A New Clevosaurid from the Triassic (Carnian) of Brazil and the Rise of Sphenodontians in Gondwana. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, AUG 14 2019. (11/14080-0)

MENDONCA LOPES, PAULO RICARDO; CORDEIRO DE CASTRO, MARIELA; GUILHERME, EDSON; SCHMALTZ HSIOU, ANNIE. ANATOMICAL REVIEW OF EIRA BARBARA (CARNIVORA, MUSTELIDAE) FROM THE QUATERNARY OF SOUTHWESTERN BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 22, n. 3, p. 217-224, SEP-DEC 2019. (14/23815-2, 14/02005-2, 11/14080-0)

ONARY, SILVIO; RINCON, ASCANIO D.; HSIOU, ANNIE S.. Fossil snakes (Squamata, Serpentes) from the tar pits of Venezuela: taxonomic, palaeoenvironmental, and palaeobiogeographical implications for the North of South America during the Cenozoic/Quaternary boundary. PeerJ, v. 6, AUG 14 2018. (11/14080-0, 17/00845-1)

CIDADE, GIOVANNE M.; SOLORZANO, ANDRES; RINCON, ASCANIO D.; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ; BARBOSA, FERNANDO HENRIQUE DE S.. On a cranial bony nodular protuberance on Mourasuchus pattersoni Cidade et al. 2017 (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the late Miocene of Venezuela. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY, v. 31, n. 7, p. 866-871, AUG 9 2019. (13/04516-1, 11/14080-0)

CIDADE, GIOVANNE M.; SOLORZANO, ANDRES; DANIEL RINCON, ASCANIO; RIFF, DOUGLAS; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ. Redescription of the holotype of the Miocene crocodylianMourasuchus arendsi(Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) and perspectives on the taxonomy of the species. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY, v. 32, n. 6, p. 733-749, JUL 2 2020. (11/14080-0, 13/04516-1)

FACHINI, THIAGO SCHINEIDER; ONARY, SILVIO; PALCI, ALESSANDRO; LEE, MICHAEL S. Y.; BRONZATI, MARIO; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ. Cretaceous Blind Snake from Brazil Fills Major Gap in Snake Evolution. ISCIENCE, v. 23, n. 12, DEC 18 2020. (18/18145-9, 17/00845-1, 11/14080-0, 19/11166-3)

CIDADE, GIOVANNE M.; RIFF, DOUGLAS; DE SOUZA-FILHO, JONAS P.; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ. A reassessment of the osteology of Mourasuchus amazonensis Price, 1964 with comments on the taxonomy of the species. PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA, v. 22, n. 2, 2019. (13/04516-1, 11/14080-0)

CIDADE, GIOVANNE M.; SOLORZANO, ANDRE; DANIEL RINCON, ASCANIO; RIFF, DOUGLAS; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ. A new Mourasuchus (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) from the late Miocene of Venezuela, the phylogeny of Caimaninae and considerations on the feeding habits of Mourasuchus. PeerJ, v. 5, MAR 7 2017. (11/14080-0, 13/04516-1)

HSIOU, ANNIE S.; ALBINO, ADRIANA M.; MEDEIROS, MANUEL A.; SANTOS, RONNY A. B.. The oldest Brazilian snakes from the Cenomanian (early Late Cretaceous). ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA, v. 59, n. 3, p. 635-642, SEP 2014. (11/14080-0)

MARSOLA, JULIO CESAR DE A.; GRELLET-TINNER, GERALD; MONTEFELTRO, FELIPE C.; SAYAO, JULIANA M.; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ; LANGER, MAX C.. The first fossil avian egg from Brazil. ALCHERINGA, v. 38, n. 4, p. 563-567, OCT 2 2014. (11/14080-0, 13/11358-3, 10/14797-0)

KERBER, LEONARDO; NEGRI, FRANCISCO RICARDO; RIBEIRO, ANA MARIA; NASIF, NORMA; SOUZA-FILHO, JONAS PEREIRA; FERIGOLO, JORGE. Tropical Fossil Caviomorph Rodents from the Southwestern Brazilian Amazonia in the Context of the South American Faunas: Systematics, Biochronology, and Paleobiogeography. JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION, v. 24, n. 1, SI, p. 57-70, MAR 2017. (11/14080-0)

SOUZA-FILHO, JONAS P.; SOUZA, RAFAEL G.; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ; RIFF, DOUGLAS; GUILHERME, EDSON; NEGRI, FRANCISCO RICARDO; CIDADE, GIOVANNE M.. A new caimanine (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) species from the Solimoes Formation of Brazil and the phylogeny of Caimaninae. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, v. 38, n. 5, SEP 3 2018. (11/14080-0, 13/04516-1)

KERBER, LEONARDO; BISSARO JUNIOR, MARCOS CESAR; NEGRI, FRANCISCO R.; DE SOUZA-FILHO, JONAS PEREIRA; GUILHERME, EDSON; HSIOU, ANNIE SCHMALTZ. A new rodent (Caviomorpha: Dinomyidae) from the upper Miocene of southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY, v. 30, n. 7, p. 985-993, 2018. (11/14080-0)

ONARY, SILVIO; HSIOU, ANNIE S.. Systematic revision of the early Miocene fossil Pseudoepicrates (Serpentes: Boidae): implications for the evolution and historical biogeography of the West Indian boid snakes (Chilabothrus). ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 184, n. 2, p. 453-470, OCT 2018. (17/00845-1, 11/14080-0)

MUNIZ, FELLIPE P.; BISSARO-JUNIOR, MARCOS CESAR; GUILHERME, EDSON; DE SOUZA FILHO, JONAS PEREIRA; NEGRI, FRANCISCO RICARDO; HSIOU, ANNIE S.. VERTEBRATE TAPHONOMY OF TWO UPPER MIOCENE BONEBEDS IN WESTERN PROTO-AMAZONIA (SOLIMOES FORMATION, BRAZIL): INSIGHTS FROM MACROVERTEBRATE AND MICROVERTEBRATE FOSSILS. PALAIOS, v. 36, n. 8, p. 269-282, AUG 2021. (11/14080-0, 16/08012-6, 16/00476-3)