TAFONOMIA DE RESTOS DE ANURA (AMPHIBIA) DO HOLOCENO DA GRUTA CUVIERI, ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL.

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 PleistoceneHolocene 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]