New early Eocene mammalian fauna from western Patagonia, Argentina. (American Museum novitates, no. 3638)
43 p. : ill., map 26 cm. "March 31, 2009." Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-43). Two new fossil mammal localities from the Paleogene of central-western Patagonia are preliminarily described as the basis for a new possible biochronological unit for the early Eocene of Patagonia, c...
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ftamnh:oai:digitallibrary.amnh.org:2246/5957 2023-08-20T04:02:21+02:00 New early Eocene mammalian fauna from western Patagonia, Argentina. (American Museum novitates, no. 3638) Eocene mammals from western Patagonia. Tejedor, Marcelo F. Goin, Francisco. Gelfo, Javier N. López, Guillermo (Paleontologist) Bond, Mariano. Carlini, Alfredo A. Scillato-Yané, Gustavo J. Woodburne, Michael O. Chornogubsky, Laura. Aragón, Eugenio. Reguero, Marcelo. Czaplewski, Nicholas J. Vincon, Sergio. Martin, Gabriel M. Ciancio, Martín. 2009 8584082 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5957 en_US eng American Museum novitates, no. 3638. http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5957 Mammals Fossil Paleontology Argentina Chubut Eocene Book 2009 ftamnh 2023-07-29T22:51:44Z 43 p. : ill., map 26 cm. "March 31, 2009." Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-43). Two new fossil mammal localities from the Paleogene of central-western Patagonia are preliminarily described as the basis for a new possible biochronological unit for the early Eocene of Patagonia, correlated as being between two conventional SALMAs, the Riochican (older) and the Vacan subage of the Casamayoran SALMA. The mammal-bearing strata belong to the Middle Chubut River Volcanic-Pyroclastic Complex (northwestern Chubut Province, Argentina), of Paleocene-Eocene age. This complex includes a variety of volcaniclastic, intrusive, pyroclastic, and extrusive rocks deposited after the K-T boundary. Geochronological data taken from nearby volcanic deposits that underlie and overlie the mammal-bearing levels indicate that both faunas are of late early Eocene age (Ypresian-Lutetian boundary). In addition to more than 50 species of mammals, including marsupials, ungulates, and xenarthrans, two lower molars are the oldest evidence of bats in South America. Paleobotanical and palynological evidence from inferred contemporary localities nearby indicate subtropical environments characterized by warm and probably moderately humid climate. Remarkably, this new fauna is tentatively correlated with Eocene mammals from the La Meseta Formation in the Antarctic Peninsula. We conclude that the two localities mentioned above are part of a possible new biochronological unit, but the formal proposal of a new SALMA awaits completion of taxonomic analysis of the materials reported upon here. If the La Meseta fauna is correlated biochronologically to western Patagonia, this also suggests a continental extension of the biogeographic Weddelian Province as far north as central-western Patagonia. Published by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. Book Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula American Museum of Natural History: AMNH scientific publications Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Patagonia Argentina Chubut ENVELOPE(-62.533,-62.533,-76.100,-76.100) Salma ENVELOPE(32.133,32.133,65.817,65.817) |
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Mammals Fossil Paleontology Argentina Chubut Eocene Tejedor, Marcelo F. Goin, Francisco. Gelfo, Javier N. López, Guillermo (Paleontologist) Bond, Mariano. Carlini, Alfredo A. Scillato-Yané, Gustavo J. Woodburne, Michael O. Chornogubsky, Laura. Aragón, Eugenio. Reguero, Marcelo. Czaplewski, Nicholas J. Vincon, Sergio. Martin, Gabriel M. Ciancio, Martín. New early Eocene mammalian fauna from western Patagonia, Argentina. (American Museum novitates, no. 3638) |
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43 p. : ill., map 26 cm. "March 31, 2009." Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-43). Two new fossil mammal localities from the Paleogene of central-western Patagonia are preliminarily described as the basis for a new possible biochronological unit for the early Eocene of Patagonia, correlated as being between two conventional SALMAs, the Riochican (older) and the Vacan subage of the Casamayoran SALMA. The mammal-bearing strata belong to the Middle Chubut River Volcanic-Pyroclastic Complex (northwestern Chubut Province, Argentina), of Paleocene-Eocene age. This complex includes a variety of volcaniclastic, intrusive, pyroclastic, and extrusive rocks deposited after the K-T boundary. Geochronological data taken from nearby volcanic deposits that underlie and overlie the mammal-bearing levels indicate that both faunas are of late early Eocene age (Ypresian-Lutetian boundary). In addition to more than 50 species of mammals, including marsupials, ungulates, and xenarthrans, two lower molars are the oldest evidence of bats in South America. Paleobotanical and palynological evidence from inferred contemporary localities nearby indicate subtropical environments characterized by warm and probably moderately humid climate. Remarkably, this new fauna is tentatively correlated with Eocene mammals from the La Meseta Formation in the Antarctic Peninsula. We conclude that the two localities mentioned above are part of a possible new biochronological unit, but the formal proposal of a new SALMA awaits completion of taxonomic analysis of the materials reported upon here. If the La Meseta fauna is correlated biochronologically to western Patagonia, this also suggests a continental extension of the biogeographic Weddelian Province as far north as central-western Patagonia. Published by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. |
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Tejedor, Marcelo F. Goin, Francisco. Gelfo, Javier N. López, Guillermo (Paleontologist) Bond, Mariano. Carlini, Alfredo A. Scillato-Yané, Gustavo J. Woodburne, Michael O. Chornogubsky, Laura. Aragón, Eugenio. Reguero, Marcelo. Czaplewski, Nicholas J. Vincon, Sergio. Martin, Gabriel M. Ciancio, Martín. |
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Tejedor, Marcelo F. Goin, Francisco. Gelfo, Javier N. López, Guillermo (Paleontologist) Bond, Mariano. Carlini, Alfredo A. Scillato-Yané, Gustavo J. Woodburne, Michael O. Chornogubsky, Laura. Aragón, Eugenio. Reguero, Marcelo. Czaplewski, Nicholas J. Vincon, Sergio. Martin, Gabriel M. Ciancio, Martín. |
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New early Eocene mammalian fauna from western Patagonia, Argentina. (American Museum novitates, no. 3638) |
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New early Eocene mammalian fauna from western Patagonia, Argentina. (American Museum novitates, no. 3638) |
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New early Eocene mammalian fauna from western Patagonia, Argentina. (American Museum novitates, no. 3638) |
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New early Eocene mammalian fauna from western Patagonia, Argentina. (American Museum novitates, no. 3638) |
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New early Eocene mammalian fauna from western Patagonia, Argentina. (American Museum novitates, no. 3638) |
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new early eocene mammalian fauna from western patagonia, argentina. (american museum novitates, no. 3638) |
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