Two new fossil vertebrate localities in the Santa Cruz Formation (late early - early middle Miocene, Argentina), ∼51° South latitude
Two new fossil vertebrate localities are described from the Santa Cruz Formation (late early - early middle Miocene) of coastal Patagonia. They are noteworthy because they are the lowest stratigraphically of any precisely recorded in coastal Santa Cruz Province and they contain a rich fauna includin...
| Autores: | , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/135738 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/135738 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | ARGENTINA MIOCENE PALEONTOLOGY SANTA CRUZ FORMATION https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | Two new fossil vertebrate localities are described from the Santa Cruz Formation (late early - early middle Miocene) of coastal Patagonia. They are noteworthy because they are the lowest stratigraphically of any precisely recorded in coastal Santa Cruz Province and they contain a rich fauna including many partially articulated skeletons undisturbed by collecting. Thus, they offer the potential for taphonomic analysis and paleocommunity reconstruction. The latter is particularly intriguing because the fauna document the Miocene Climatic Optimum at >51° South latitude. Together with several previously documented sites in this region, it offers a potential window into the nature of mammalian communities farther south than any other in the world during this time and documents the farthest south distribution of primates. |
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