Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia

Herausgeber: Vizcaíno, Sergio F; Bargo, M Susana; Kay, Richard F

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive compilation of important mammalian groups of the Santa Cruz Formation fossils, for academic researchers and graduate students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 221mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1270g
• ISBN-13: 9780521194617
• ISBN-10: 052119461X
• Artikelnr.: 35579101

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Background for a paleoecological study of
the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene) on the Atlantic Coast of
Patagonia Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Richard F. Kay and M. Susana Bargo; 2.
Tephrochronology of the Santa Cruz and Pinturas Formation Michael E.
Perkins, John G. Fleagle, Matthew T. Heitzler, Barbara Nash, Thomas M.
Bown, Adán A. Tauber and Maria T. Dozo; 3. Tephrochronology and
paleontology of the Santa Cruz and Pinturas Formation John G. Fleagle,
Michael E. Perkins, Matthew T. Heitzler, Barbara Nash, Thomas M. Bown, Adán
A. Tauber, Maria T. Dozo and Marcelo F. Tejedor; 4. Sedimentology and
paleoenvironment of the Santa Cruz Formation Sergio Matheos and M. Sol
Raigemborm; 5. Oysters from the base of Santa Cruz Formation (late Early
Miocene) of Patagonia Miguel Griffin and Ana Parras; 6. Ichnology of the
Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene), at the coast between the Rio
Gallegos and Rio Coyle Verónica Krapovickas; 7. Fossil plant studies from
late Early Miocene of the Santa Cruz Formation: paleoecology and
paleoclimatology at the passive margin of Patagonia, Argentina Mariana
Brea, Alejandro Zucol and Ari Iglesias; 8. Amphibians and squamate reptiles
from the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene), Santa Cruz Province,
Argentina: paleoenvironmental and paleobiological considerations Juan
Carlos Fernicola and Adriana Albino; 9. Diversity and paleobiology of the
Santacrucian birds Federico Degrange, Jorge I. Noriega and Juan I. Areta;
10. Paleoecology of the Paucituberculata and Microbiotheria (Mammalia,
Marsupialia) from the late Early Miocene of Patagonia M. Alejandra Abello,
Edgardo Ortiz-Jaureguizar and Adriana M. Candela; 11. Paleoecology of the
mammalian carnivores (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) of the Santa Cruz
Formation (late Early Miocene) Francisco Prevosti, Analía M. Forasiepi,
Marcos Ercoli and Guillermo F. Turazzini; 12. Paleobiology of Santacrucian
glyptodonts and armadillos (Xenarthra, Cingulata) Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Juan
Carlos Fernicola and M. Susana Bargo; 13. Paleobiology of the Santacrucian
sloths and anteaters (Xenarthra, Pilosa) M. Susana Bargo, Néstor Toledo and
Sergio F. Vizcaíno; 14. Paleobiology of Santacrucian native ungulates
(Meridiungulata: Astrapotheria, Litopterna and Notoungulata) Guillermo H.
Cassini, Esperanza Cerdeño, Amalía Villafañe and Nahuel A. Muñoz; 15.
Paleobiology of Santacrucian Caviomorph rodents: a morpho-functional
approach Adriana M. Candela, Luciano L. Rasia and María E. Pérez; 16. The
paleobiology of Santacrucian primates Richard F. Kay, Jonathan M. G. Perry,
Michael Malinzak, Kari Allen, E. Christopher Kirk, J. Michael Plavcan and
John G. Fleagle; 17. A review of the paleoenvironment and paleoecology of
the Miocene Santa Cruz Formation Richard F. Kay, Sergio F. Vizcaíno and M.
Susana Bargo; Index.