Patagonian aridification at the onset of the mid‐miocene climatic optimum

RB Trayler, MJ Kohn, MS Bargo… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fossil‐rich sediments of the Santa Cruz Formation, Patagonia, Argentina, span the initiation
of the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO), the most recent period of warm and wet conditions …

Mass estimation of Santacrucian sloths from the early Miocene Santa Cruz formation of Patagonia, Argentina

N Toledo, GH Cassini, SF Vizcaíno… - Acta Palaeontologica …, 2014 - BioOne
Miocene deposits of the Santa Cruz Formation, Patagonia, comprise a diverse and
excellently preserved vertebrate fauna, allowing detailed paleobiological and …

The forelimb of Early Miocene sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Folivora): morphometrics and functional implications for substrate preferences

N Toledo, MS Bargo, GH Cassini… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2012 - Springer
Early Miocene sloths are represented by a diversity of forms ranging from 38 to 95 kg. Their
forelimb bones differ in shape from those of their closest living relatives (less than 10 kg) …

Paleosols and related soil-biota of the early Miocene Santa Cruz Formation (Austral-Magallanes Basin, Argentina): a multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing …

M Raigemborn, V Krapovickas, AF Zucol… - … American journal of …, 2018 - SciELO Argentina
The middle and upper parts of the lower Miocene Santa Cruz Formation (~ 17–15.9 Ma) in
the southeastern Austral-Magallanes Basin (southern Patagonia, Argentina) crop out as a …

Eucholoeops ameghino, 1887 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megalonychidae) from the Santa Cruz Formation, Argentine Patagonia: implications for the systematics of …

G De Iuliis, F Pujos, N Toledo, MS Bargo, SF Vizcaíno - Geodiversitas, 2014 - BioOne
New well-preserved remains of the megalonychid sloth Eucholoeops Ameghino, 1887
recovered under strict stratigraphic control from late Early Miocene Santa Cruz Formation (c …

Paleobiology and paleoecology of ungulates from the Miocene of South America based on an ichnological analysis

RB Vera, V Krapovickas - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2022 - Elsevier
We analyze fossil footprints and trackways from the middle to late Miocene Vinchina
Formation of La Rioja Province, northwestern Argentina. Ichnofossils are preserved in …

9 Diversity and paleobiology

FJ Degrange, JI Noriega, JI Areta - Early Miocene paleobiology in …, 2012 - books.google.com
This chapter presents the state of knowledge of the avian diversity recorded in Santacrucian
beds (late Early Miocene) with an updated systematic summary of all taxa. Phorusrhacids …

Palaeoenvironmental and faunal inferences based on the avian fossil record of Patagonia and Pampa: what works and what does not

CP Tambussi - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Analysing the effect of climatic/environmental changes on bird communities during the South
American Cenozoic is quite complicated. Taking into consideration the extremely complex …

15 Paleobiology of Santacrucian caviomorph rodents: a morphofunctional approach

AM Candela, LL Rasia, ME Perez - Early Miocene paleobiology …, 2012 - books.google.com
Caviomorphs constitute a monophyletic group, representative of the oldest rodent radiation
in South America. Since the Oligocene they have contributed importantly to the fossil …

Sedimentology and paleoenvironment of the Santa Cruz Formation

SD Matheos, MS Raigemborn - Early Miocene Paleobiology in …, 2012 - books.google.com
Abstract The Santa Cruz Formation in the coastal area of Santa Cruz Province, Austral
Patagonia, Argentina, is a sedimentary sequence consisting of mainly fine and tuffaceous …