Patagonia: where does it come from?

• Published in: Journal of Iberian Geology
• Main Authors: Ramos, Victor Alberto, Naipauer, Maximiliano
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Subjects: ARQUEOCIÁTIDOS; CALIZA SHACKLETÓN; EOPALEOZOICO; ORTOGNEISES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; East Antarctica; Patagonia; Pensacola Mountains; Shackleton; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártida
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/18481

Based on the recent finding of archeocyathids in molassic middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician age-sequences of northern Patagonia the relationships between this southern part of South America and East Antarctica need to be re-examined. The early Cambrian age of the archeocyathids, and their derivati...