Taphonomic signatures in concentrations of Heleobia Stimpson, 1865 from holocene deposits of the salado river basin, Buenos Aires, Argentina: their utility in paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Assemblages composed of Heleobia parchappii and H. australis constitute the dominant elements in Quaternary deposits of the Pampean Region in the province of Buenos Aires. This study describes and analyzes the degree of preservation of shells of both species recovered from nine Holocene localities i...

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Autores: Pisano, Maria Florencia, de Francesco, Claudio German, Fucks, Enrique Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/48544
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/48544
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Heleobia Parchappii
Heleobia Australis
Salado River
Holocene
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
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Sumario:Assemblages composed of Heleobia parchappii and H. australis constitute the dominant elements in Quaternary deposits of the Pampean Region in the province of Buenos Aires. This study describes and analyzes the degree of preservation of shells of both species recovered from nine Holocene localities in order to describe and quantify taphonomic alterations, evaluate if preservation varied during the Holocene, and assess their utility as paleoenvironmental bioindicators. Heleobia parchappiidisplayed better overall preservation than H. australis, with little evidence of fragmentation, limited principally to levels with highest densities. On a temporal scale, no significant differences in fragmentation were found, whereas corrasion and lusterdisplayed temporal differences.