Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz FormationSergio F. Vizcaíno, Richard F. Kay, M. Susana Bargo Cambridge University Press, 2012 M10 11 Coastal exposures of the Santa Cruz Formation in southern Patagonia have been a fertile ground for recovery of Early Miocene vertebrates for more than 100 years. This volume presents a comprehensive compilation of important mammalian groups which continue to thrive today. It includes the most recent fossil finds as well as important new interpretations based on ten years of fieldwork by the authors. A key focus is placed on the paleoclimate and paleoenvironment during the time of deposition in the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum (MMCO) between twenty and fifteen million years ago. The authors present the first reconstruction of what climatic conditions were like and present important new evidence of the geochronological age, habits and community structures of fossil bird and mammal species. Academic researchers and graduate students in paleontology, paleobiology, paleoecology, stratigraphy, climatology and geochronology will find this a valuable source of information about this fascinating geological formation. |
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Tephrochronology of the Miocene Santa Cruz and Pinturas Formations Argentina | 23 |
Absolute and relative ages of fossil localities in the Santa Cruz and Pinturas Formations | 41 |
Sedimentology and paleoenvironment of the Santa Cruz Formation | 59 |
Oysters from the base of the Santa Cruz Formation late Early Miocene of Patagonia | 83 |
Ichnology of distal overbank deposits of the Santa Cruz Formation late Early Miocene paleohydrologic and paleoclimatic significance | 91 |
Fossil plant studies from late Early Miocene of the Santa Cruz Formation paleoecology and paleoclimatology at the passive margin of Patagonia Arge... | 104 |
Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the Santa Cruz Formation late Early Miocene Santa Cruz Province Argentina paleoenvironmental and paleob... | 129 |
Specimens of Sparassodonta studied | 188 |
Paleobiology of Santacrucian glyptodonts and armadillos Xenarthra Cingulata | 194 |
Acronyms of the institutions abbreviations and list of the material studied | 210 |
Paleobiology of the Santacrucian sloths and anteaters Xenarthra Pilosa | 216 |
Institutional abbreviationsand list of the materialstudied | 235 |
Paleobiology of Santacrucian native ungulates Meridiungulata Astrapotheria Litopterna and Notoungulata | 243 |
List of the material studied | 278 |
Paleobiology of Santacrucian caviomorph rodents a morphofunctional approach | 287 |
Diversity and paleobiology of the Santacrucian birds | 138 |
List of the material studied | 151 |
Paleoecology of the Paucituberculata and Microbiotheria Mammalia Marsupialia from the late Early Miocene of Patagonia | 156 |
Paucituberculata and Microbiotheria of the Santa Cruz Formation | 168 |
Material studied | 169 |
Paleoecology of the mammalian carnivores Metatheria Sparassodonta of the Santa Cruz Formation late Early Miocene | 173 |
List of examined specimens of extinct caviomorphs | 302 |
Paleobiology of Santacrucian primates | 306 |
Specimens | 326 |
A review of the paleoenvironment and paleoecology of the Miocene Santa Cruz Formation | 331 |
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