First report of Devonian bactritids (Cephalopoda) from South America: Paleobiogeographic and biostratigraphic implications

Devonian bactritids are described for the first time from South America. They come from siliciclastic rocks of the Talacasto Formation in the Precordillera Basin, west-central Argentina. The host strata span the Lochkovian - Emsian and contain other non-ammonoid cephalopods as well, thus refuting th...

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Autores: Cichowolski, Marcela, Rustán, Juan José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/183599
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/183599
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cephalopods
Bactritoids
Devonian
Malvinokaffric
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:Devonian bactritids are described for the first time from South America. They come from siliciclastic rocks of the Talacasto Formation in the Precordillera Basin, west-central Argentina. The host strata span the Lochkovian - Emsian and contain other non-ammonoid cephalopods as well, thus refuting the alleged virtual absence of cephalopods in circumpolar Devonian basins from southwestern Gondwana (the Malvinokaffric Realm). We report Bactrites gracilis and Devonobactrites? sp., whose wide distribution contrasts with the endemic paleobiogeographic signature of some other taxonomic groups in these basins. Furthermore, new Lochkovian and Pragian records of Bactrites sp. provide new insights into the earliest bactritid records worldwide.