Anurans, along with urodeles and caecilians are the extant representatives of the clade
Lissamphibia. Nowadays, lissamphibians are widely distributed in all continents, except …

With the aim to better understand the timing and geological evolution of the late Cenozoic
stratigraphic record of the onshore, western Valdés Basin in northeast Chubut province …

Continental crust exhibits areas of recurrent deformation and reactivation of faults that can
be persistent for hundreds of millions of years. Associated with weak lithospheric zones, the …

Orogenic belts like the Andes experience several changes during long-term evolution of the
subduction margin; however, the degree to which their different components (the fore-to …

Cerro Patagua is a locality with fossiliferous outcrops of the Cerro Azul Formation in La
Pampa Province (central Argentina). First fossil remains were known in 1999 and assigned …

Climate changes related to orographic barrier uplift have been in the research spotlight over
recent years. Several works have focused on the interactions between climatic and tectonic …

Timing and ecological steps of the rise and expansion of grasslands differ not only
geographically but also according to the type of available information. Patagonia (Argentina) …

The Miocene represents a key moment in the South American evolution, since meaningful
geographic and climatic processes occurred, promoting the development of several biologic …

Several segments of the Central and Southern Andes show deformation evidences located
far away from the orogenic front. As a result, a landscape constituted by fault-blocks …

The interaction of tectonics and climate is considered the main determining factor in the
development of different depositional systems (from aeolian to alluvial to lacustrine …