NOVOS MATERIAIS DE CARNIVORA PARA O PLEISTOCENO DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRASIL

NEW MATERIAL OF CARNIVORA FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE, BRAZIL. Carnivora materials coming from the Sistema Laguna-Barreira III, southern portion of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul State, Late Pleistocene are decribed. New postcranial remains of Smilodon populator and Otaria byronia are presented. Isolated teeth of Dusicyon cf. D. avus and cf. Theriodictis represent the first Canidae record for this State.