Lichen bioerosion on fossil vertebrates from the Cenozoic of Patagonia and Antarctica

• Published in: Ichnos
• Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Marquez, Gonzalo Javier, Pérez, Leandro Martín, Rosato, Vilma Gabriela, Cione, Alberto Luis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Antarctica; Bioerosion; Lichen; Patagonia; Taphonomy; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Fries; Alicia; Acosta; Tooth The; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/79664

Different traces occur on fossil bones and teeth coming from the Early Miocene Gaiman Formation (Patagonia, Argentina). Most traces were attributed to the action of terrestrial and marine predators and scavengers. However, other traces on bones and teeth from this unit and one tooth from the Eocene...