The uppermost Cretaceous continental deposits at the southern end of Patagonia, the Chorrillo Formation case study (Austral-Magallanes Basin): Sedimentology …

D Moyano-Paz, S Rozadilla, F Agnolin, E Vera… - Cretaceous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The deposits of the Chorrillo Formation (Maastrichtian) were accumulated during a
'continental window'that occurred during the Late Cretaceous in the Austral-Magallanes …

Relict duck-billed dinosaurs survived into the last age of the dinosaurs in subantarctic Chile

J Alarcón-Muñoz, AO Vargas, HP Püschel… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
In the dusk of the Mesozoic, advanced duck-billed dinosaurs (Hadrosauridae) were so
successful that they likely outcompeted other herbivores, contributing to declines in dinosaur …

In the shadow of dinosaurs: Late Cretaceous frogs are distinct components of a widespread tetrapod assemblage across Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia

FS Lara, RO Gomez - Cretaceous Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Frogs (Anura) are nowadays common and abundant constituents of terrestrial and
freshwater ecosystems near globally and their fossil record shows that they were already …

New records of Theropoda from a Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) locality in the Magallanes-Austral Basin, Patagonia, and insights into end Cretaceous …

SN Davis, S Soto-Acuña, RA Fernández… - Journal of South …, 2023 - Elsevier
The end Cretaceous mass extinction was marked by a dramatic change in biodiversity, and
the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs. To understand the diversity of dinosaur clades prior …

Fossil vertebrates from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

FL Agnolín, GÁ Herrera, MA Rolando, M Motta… - Cretaceous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cerro Fortaleza Formation is a stratigraphic unit that crops out near the Cerro
Fortaleza hill, northwestern Santa Cruz province, Argentina. This unit has been well-known …

A unique Late Cretaceous fossil wood assemblage from Chilean Patagonia provides clues to a high‐latitude continental environment

LCA Martínez, M Leppe, LME Manríquez… - Papers in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fossil plants, including large trunks, stems, some branches, and twigs, were collected from
the Maastrichtian (68.9 Ma), upper Dorotea Formation in the Magallanes–Austral Basin, 16 …

New small reptile remains from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia increase morphological diversity of sphenodontids (Lepidosauria)

FL Agnolín, AMA Rolando, NR Chimento… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sphenodontids are a group of reptiles that were diverse and global for much of the Mesozoic
but today they are only represented by the New Zealand tuatara. Here we describe new …

Evolution of a high latitude high-energy beach system (Maastrichtian–Eocene, Magallanes/Austral Basin, Chilean Patagonia)

LME Manríquez, EL Lavina, RG Netto, RS Horodyski… - Sedimentary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies on the environmental dynamics of high energy beach systems have to deal with
factors as diverse as wave energy, coastal currents and tidal amplitude. Their interaction …

The K/Pg event at high southern latitudes: New evidence from continental deposits in the Magallanes/Austral Basin, Patagonia, South America

LME Manríquez, G Krahl, MA Carvalho, ELC Lavina… - Cretaceous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary (K/Pg) event, associated with a meteorite
impact at Chicxulub, Mexico, is globally recognized as one of the largest mass extinctions in …

Southernmost lepidosaur (Reptilia) assemblage from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia

F Agnolín, M Aranciaga Rolando, M Manabe… - Historical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of the present contribution is to describe new materials of lepidosaur reptiles
coming from the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Chorrillo Formation, at Santa Cruz …