Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna

Autores
Bona, Paula; Riff Goncalves, Douglas; Brandoni, Zulma Nelida
Año de publicación
2012
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inglés
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The richest and more explored regions concerning Miocene crocodylians in South America are the basins surrounding the areas of Urumaco (Venezuela), La Venta (Colombia), Acre (Northwest Brazil) and Paraná (Northeast Argentina). Fossils from the late Miocene in the Paraná area were recovered from the Conglomerado Osífero (Ituzaingó Formation) and assigned to several taxa of Caimaninae (Alligatoroidea) and to a taxon of Gavialoidea. The late Miocene fauna of crocodylians recorded in northeast Argentina differs from coeval ones of northern South America by the absence of crocodyloids, some alligatorid genera (such as Purussaurus, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) and by the scarce gavialoid species. Giant forms, conspicuous in the northern South American deposits, are also absent in southern latitudes. Despite this, the austral South American crocodylian fauna exhibits strong affinities with the northern, contemporary forms, sharing taxa at generic (i.e. Caiman and Gryposuchus) and even specific levels (i.e. Mourasuchus nativus). The sharing of such freshwater taxa in the Miocene indicates partial connections of drainage basins through swamp areas on their boundaries, and is evidence against the assumption of an intracontinental coeval seaway link in this continent proposed by several authors.
Fil: Bona, Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: Riff Goncalves, Douglas. Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; Brasil
Fil: Brandoni, Zulma Nelida. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina
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Caimaninae
Crocodylia
Gavialidae
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spelling Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian faunaBona, PaulaRiff Goncalves, DouglasBrandoni, Zulma NelidaCaimaninaeCrocodyliaGavialidaehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The richest and more explored regions concerning Miocene crocodylians in South America are the basins surrounding the areas of Urumaco (Venezuela), La Venta (Colombia), Acre (Northwest Brazil) and Paraná (Northeast Argentina). Fossils from the late Miocene in the Paraná area were recovered from the Conglomerado Osífero (Ituzaingó Formation) and assigned to several taxa of Caimaninae (Alligatoroidea) and to a taxon of Gavialoidea. The late Miocene fauna of crocodylians recorded in northeast Argentina differs from coeval ones of northern South America by the absence of crocodyloids, some alligatorid genera (such as Purussaurus, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) and by the scarce gavialoid species. Giant forms, conspicuous in the northern South American deposits, are also absent in southern latitudes. Despite this, the austral South American crocodylian fauna exhibits strong affinities with the northern, contemporary forms, sharing taxa at generic (i.e. Caiman and Gryposuchus) and even specific levels (i.e. Mourasuchus nativus). The sharing of such freshwater taxa in the Miocene indicates partial connections of drainage basins through swamp areas on their boundaries, and is evidence against the assumption of an intracontinental coeval seaway link in this continent proposed by several authors.Fil: Bona, Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; ArgentinaFil: Riff Goncalves, Douglas. Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; BrasilFil: Brandoni, Zulma Nelida. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; ArgentinaRoyal Society of Edinburgh2012-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/23291Bona, Paula; Riff Goncalves, Douglas; Brandoni, Zulma Nelida; Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna; Royal Society of Edinburgh; Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; 103; 3-4; 9-2012; 551-5701755-6910CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1017/S175569101300042Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/earth-and-environmental-science-transactions-of-royal-society-of-edinburgh/article/late-miocene-crocodylians-from-northeast-argentina-new-approaches-about-the-austral-components-of-the-neogene-south-american-crocodylian-fauna/02FBDA8D8905DB21FE4583503B2235B4info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:47:05Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/23291instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:47:05.594CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna
title Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna
spellingShingle Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna
Bona, Paula
Caimaninae
Crocodylia
Gavialidae
title_short Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna
title_full Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna
title_fullStr Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna
title_full_unstemmed Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna
title_sort Late Miocene crocodylians from northeast Argentina: New approaches about the austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bona, Paula
Riff Goncalves, Douglas
Brandoni, Zulma Nelida
author Bona, Paula
author_facet Bona, Paula
Riff Goncalves, Douglas
Brandoni, Zulma Nelida
author_role author
author2 Riff Goncalves, Douglas
Brandoni, Zulma Nelida
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Caimaninae
Crocodylia
Gavialidae
topic Caimaninae
Crocodylia
Gavialidae
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The richest and more explored regions concerning Miocene crocodylians in South America are the basins surrounding the areas of Urumaco (Venezuela), La Venta (Colombia), Acre (Northwest Brazil) and Paraná (Northeast Argentina). Fossils from the late Miocene in the Paraná area were recovered from the Conglomerado Osífero (Ituzaingó Formation) and assigned to several taxa of Caimaninae (Alligatoroidea) and to a taxon of Gavialoidea. The late Miocene fauna of crocodylians recorded in northeast Argentina differs from coeval ones of northern South America by the absence of crocodyloids, some alligatorid genera (such as Purussaurus, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) and by the scarce gavialoid species. Giant forms, conspicuous in the northern South American deposits, are also absent in southern latitudes. Despite this, the austral South American crocodylian fauna exhibits strong affinities with the northern, contemporary forms, sharing taxa at generic (i.e. Caiman and Gryposuchus) and even specific levels (i.e. Mourasuchus nativus). The sharing of such freshwater taxa in the Miocene indicates partial connections of drainage basins through swamp areas on their boundaries, and is evidence against the assumption of an intracontinental coeval seaway link in this continent proposed by several authors.
Fil: Bona, Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: Riff Goncalves, Douglas. Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; Brasil
Fil: Brandoni, Zulma Nelida. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina
description The richest and more explored regions concerning Miocene crocodylians in South America are the basins surrounding the areas of Urumaco (Venezuela), La Venta (Colombia), Acre (Northwest Brazil) and Paraná (Northeast Argentina). Fossils from the late Miocene in the Paraná area were recovered from the Conglomerado Osífero (Ituzaingó Formation) and assigned to several taxa of Caimaninae (Alligatoroidea) and to a taxon of Gavialoidea. The late Miocene fauna of crocodylians recorded in northeast Argentina differs from coeval ones of northern South America by the absence of crocodyloids, some alligatorid genera (such as Purussaurus, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) and by the scarce gavialoid species. Giant forms, conspicuous in the northern South American deposits, are also absent in southern latitudes. Despite this, the austral South American crocodylian fauna exhibits strong affinities with the northern, contemporary forms, sharing taxa at generic (i.e. Caiman and Gryposuchus) and even specific levels (i.e. Mourasuchus nativus). The sharing of such freshwater taxa in the Miocene indicates partial connections of drainage basins through swamp areas on their boundaries, and is evidence against the assumption of an intracontinental coeval seaway link in this continent proposed by several authors.
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