Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina

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Artabe, Analia Emilia Eva; Spalletti, Luis Antonio; Brea, Mariana; Iglesias, Ari; Morel, Eduardo Manuel; Ganuza, Daniel Gustavo
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2007
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A palaeoecological study of a standing Late Triassic forest containing 150 silicified stumps from the Río Blanco Formation of Mendoza province, Argentina is described. A mapped portion of the forest floor provides quantitative data - tree density, mean separation of trees and basal area per stump - which, along with taxonomic and sedimentologic information, allowed the reconstruction of a plant community that grew along river banks and within proximal floodplain environments. Analysis of architectural and phenological data from monotypic forest indicates an evergreen community composed of a corystosperm genus with a canopy height of c. 13-21 m. The corystosperm taxon: Elchaxylon, like Rhexoxylon, has polyxylic axes with centripetal secondary xylem but does not generate perimedullar bundles and the centrifugal secondary xylem produces an undivided solid pycnoxylic cylinder. Vegetation analysis shows that the forest has a clustered distribution pattern with high density. Forest density ranges between 727 and 1504 trees/ha but there are first order clusters with elevated density (mean nearest neighbour distance of 1.85 m). The histogram of diameter classes based on 131 stumps suggests an earlier colonization by few older pioneers (the largest ones) followed by establishment of a large younger cohort of coeval trees. Based on 9 series and 139 rings, the mean ring width and mean sensitivity (MS) were 3.47 mm and 0.31 respectively. MS values and the presence of false rings indicate the forest community responded to stressed ecosystems. The growth rings are very erratic and range from 0.27 to 8.94 mm. For fossil growth analysis it was assumed that wider rings would suggest a warmer climate and the considerable range in growth rates would indicate variability in the limiting factors among subsequent cycles. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Fil: Artabe, Analia Emilia Eva. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Spalletti, Luis Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Brea, Mariana. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
Fil: Iglesias, Ari. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Morel, Eduardo Manuel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Ganuza, Daniel Gustavo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
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Fossil Forest
Fossil Wood
Palaeoclimatology
Tree Rings
Triassic
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spelling Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of ArgentinaArtabe, Analia Emilia EvaSpalletti, Luis AntonioBrea, MarianaIglesias, AriMorel, Eduardo ManuelGanuza, Daniel GustavoArgentinaFossil ForestFossil WoodPalaeoclimatologyTree RingsTriassichttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1A palaeoecological study of a standing Late Triassic forest containing 150 silicified stumps from the Río Blanco Formation of Mendoza province, Argentina is described. A mapped portion of the forest floor provides quantitative data - tree density, mean separation of trees and basal area per stump - which, along with taxonomic and sedimentologic information, allowed the reconstruction of a plant community that grew along river banks and within proximal floodplain environments. Analysis of architectural and phenological data from monotypic forest indicates an evergreen community composed of a corystosperm genus with a canopy height of c. 13-21 m. The corystosperm taxon: Elchaxylon, like Rhexoxylon, has polyxylic axes with centripetal secondary xylem but does not generate perimedullar bundles and the centrifugal secondary xylem produces an undivided solid pycnoxylic cylinder. Vegetation analysis shows that the forest has a clustered distribution pattern with high density. Forest density ranges between 727 and 1504 trees/ha but there are first order clusters with elevated density (mean nearest neighbour distance of 1.85 m). The histogram of diameter classes based on 131 stumps suggests an earlier colonization by few older pioneers (the largest ones) followed by establishment of a large younger cohort of coeval trees. Based on 9 series and 139 rings, the mean ring width and mean sensitivity (MS) were 3.47 mm and 0.31 respectively. MS values and the presence of false rings indicate the forest community responded to stressed ecosystems. The growth rings are very erratic and range from 0.27 to 8.94 mm. For fossil growth analysis it was assumed that wider rings would suggest a warmer climate and the considerable range in growth rates would indicate variability in the limiting factors among subsequent cycles. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Fil: Artabe, Analia Emilia Eva. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Spalletti, Luis Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Brea, Mariana. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; ArgentinaFil: Iglesias, Ari. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Morel, Eduardo Manuel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; ArgentinaFil: Ganuza, Daniel Gustavo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaElsevier Science2007-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/73607Artabe, Analia Emilia Eva; Spalletti, Luis Antonio; Brea, Mariana; Iglesias, Ari; Morel, Eduardo Manuel; et al.; Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina; Elsevier Science; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; 243; 3-4; 1-2007; 451-4700031-0182CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.08.011info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018206004949info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:33:45Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/73607instacron: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 10:33:45.519CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina
title Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina
spellingShingle Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina
Artabe, Analia Emilia Eva
Argentina
Fossil Forest
Fossil Wood
Palaeoclimatology
Tree Rings
Triassic
title_short Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina
title_full Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina
title_fullStr Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina
title_sort Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Artabe, Analia Emilia Eva
Spalletti, Luis Antonio
Brea, Mariana
Iglesias, Ari
Morel, Eduardo Manuel
Ganuza, Daniel Gustavo
author Artabe, Analia Emilia Eva
author_facet Artabe, Analia Emilia Eva
Spalletti, Luis Antonio
Brea, Mariana
Iglesias, Ari
Morel, Eduardo Manuel
Ganuza, Daniel Gustavo
author_role author
author2 Spalletti, Luis Antonio
Brea, Mariana
Iglesias, Ari
Morel, Eduardo Manuel
Ganuza, Daniel Gustavo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Argentina
Fossil Forest
Fossil Wood
Palaeoclimatology
Tree Rings
Triassic
topic Argentina
Fossil Forest
Fossil Wood
Palaeoclimatology
Tree Rings
Triassic
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv A palaeoecological study of a standing Late Triassic forest containing 150 silicified stumps from the Río Blanco Formation of Mendoza province, Argentina is described. A mapped portion of the forest floor provides quantitative data - tree density, mean separation of trees and basal area per stump - which, along with taxonomic and sedimentologic information, allowed the reconstruction of a plant community that grew along river banks and within proximal floodplain environments. Analysis of architectural and phenological data from monotypic forest indicates an evergreen community composed of a corystosperm genus with a canopy height of c. 13-21 m. The corystosperm taxon: Elchaxylon, like Rhexoxylon, has polyxylic axes with centripetal secondary xylem but does not generate perimedullar bundles and the centrifugal secondary xylem produces an undivided solid pycnoxylic cylinder. Vegetation analysis shows that the forest has a clustered distribution pattern with high density. Forest density ranges between 727 and 1504 trees/ha but there are first order clusters with elevated density (mean nearest neighbour distance of 1.85 m). The histogram of diameter classes based on 131 stumps suggests an earlier colonization by few older pioneers (the largest ones) followed by establishment of a large younger cohort of coeval trees. Based on 9 series and 139 rings, the mean ring width and mean sensitivity (MS) were 3.47 mm and 0.31 respectively. MS values and the presence of false rings indicate the forest community responded to stressed ecosystems. The growth rings are very erratic and range from 0.27 to 8.94 mm. For fossil growth analysis it was assumed that wider rings would suggest a warmer climate and the considerable range in growth rates would indicate variability in the limiting factors among subsequent cycles. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Fil: Artabe, Analia Emilia Eva. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Spalletti, Luis Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Brea, Mariana. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
Fil: Iglesias, Ari. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Morel, Eduardo Manuel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Ganuza, Daniel Gustavo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
description A palaeoecological study of a standing Late Triassic forest containing 150 silicified stumps from the Río Blanco Formation of Mendoza province, Argentina is described. A mapped portion of the forest floor provides quantitative data - tree density, mean separation of trees and basal area per stump - which, along with taxonomic and sedimentologic information, allowed the reconstruction of a plant community that grew along river banks and within proximal floodplain environments. Analysis of architectural and phenological data from monotypic forest indicates an evergreen community composed of a corystosperm genus with a canopy height of c. 13-21 m. The corystosperm taxon: Elchaxylon, like Rhexoxylon, has polyxylic axes with centripetal secondary xylem but does not generate perimedullar bundles and the centrifugal secondary xylem produces an undivided solid pycnoxylic cylinder. Vegetation analysis shows that the forest has a clustered distribution pattern with high density. Forest density ranges between 727 and 1504 trees/ha but there are first order clusters with elevated density (mean nearest neighbour distance of 1.85 m). The histogram of diameter classes based on 131 stumps suggests an earlier colonization by few older pioneers (the largest ones) followed by establishment of a large younger cohort of coeval trees. Based on 9 series and 139 rings, the mean ring width and mean sensitivity (MS) were 3.47 mm and 0.31 respectively. MS values and the presence of false rings indicate the forest community responded to stressed ecosystems. The growth rings are very erratic and range from 0.27 to 8.94 mm. For fossil growth analysis it was assumed that wider rings would suggest a warmer climate and the considerable range in growth rates would indicate variability in the limiting factors among subsequent cycles. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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