Early Miocene paleobiology in Patagonia : high-latitude paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation

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