Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach

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Erra, Georgina; Osterrieth, Margarita Luisa; Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo; Francia, Analia; Carlini, Alfredo Armando
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2013
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Two Pleistocene sedimentary units are recognized in the Corrientes province, Argentina: the Toropí and Yupoí formations. These sediments have proven productive for fossil vertebrates, but few macrofossils have been recovered. To remedy this situation, plant silica (phytoliths) were extracted from the sediments, enabling a direct comparison of paleovegetation data and information based on previous study of vertebrates. The studied samples (n = 28) come from two profiles from the Toropí Stream (28°36'S; 59°02'W), near Bella Vista, Corrientes, from which two Quaternary mammals, Lestodon (Xenarthra) and Hippocamelus (Artiodactyla), have previously been excavated. All samples were productive and contained both non-plant biogenic silica (diatoms, sponge spicular, chrysophyte cysts) and phytoliths. Phytolith assemblages were dominated by morphotypes diagnostic of grasses, in particular C 3 pooids, C 4 chloridoids, and C 3 or C 4 panicoids (or related grasses in the PACMAD clade). Rare phytoliths of palms and other woody or herbaceous dicotyledonous angiosperms were also present. This combination of C 3 and C 4 grasses, and rare palms and other forest indicators, indicates grass-dominated habitats with groves with palms and other trees/shrubs along rivers, growing under a relatively warm and dry climate. This mixed plant community reflects shifting biogeographic affinity with the Chaco-Pampean plain and inter-tropical regions, respectively, linked to the frequent climatic-environmental fluctuations during the Late Pleistocene.
Fil: Erra, Georgina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Osterrieth, Margarita Luisa. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario; Argentina
Fil: Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Francia, Analia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Carlini, Alfredo Armando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Departamento Científico de Paleontología de Vertebrados; Argentina
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spelling Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approachErra, GeorginaOsterrieth, Margarita LuisaZurita, Alfredo EduardoFrancia, AnaliaCarlini, Alfredo ArmandoPhytolithMesopotamiaLate PleistocenePaleoenvironmenthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Two Pleistocene sedimentary units are recognized in the Corrientes province, Argentina: the Toropí and Yupoí formations. These sediments have proven productive for fossil vertebrates, but few macrofossils have been recovered. To remedy this situation, plant silica (phytoliths) were extracted from the sediments, enabling a direct comparison of paleovegetation data and information based on previous study of vertebrates. The studied samples (n = 28) come from two profiles from the Toropí Stream (28°36'S; 59°02'W), near Bella Vista, Corrientes, from which two Quaternary mammals, Lestodon (Xenarthra) and Hippocamelus (Artiodactyla), have previously been excavated. All samples were productive and contained both non-plant biogenic silica (diatoms, sponge spicular, chrysophyte cysts) and phytoliths. Phytolith assemblages were dominated by morphotypes diagnostic of grasses, in particular C 3 pooids, C 4 chloridoids, and C 3 or C 4 panicoids (or related grasses in the PACMAD clade). Rare phytoliths of palms and other woody or herbaceous dicotyledonous angiosperms were also present. This combination of C 3 and C 4 grasses, and rare palms and other forest indicators, indicates grass-dominated habitats with groves with palms and other trees/shrubs along rivers, growing under a relatively warm and dry climate. This mixed plant community reflects shifting biogeographic affinity with the Chaco-Pampean plain and inter-tropical regions, respectively, linked to the frequent climatic-environmental fluctuations during the Late Pleistocene.Fil: Erra, Georgina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Osterrieth, Margarita Luisa. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario; ArgentinaFil: Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Francia, Analia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Carlini, Alfredo Armando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Departamento Científico de Paleontología de Vertebrados; ArgentinaPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2013-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/76276Erra, Georgina; Osterrieth, Margarita Luisa; Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo; Francia, Analia; Carlini, Alfredo Armando; Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach; Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd; Quaternary International; 287; 2-2013; 73-821040-6182CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.08.2110info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618212031709info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:47:44Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/76276instacron: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:34982025-09-03 09:47:44.371CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach
title Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach
spellingShingle Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach
Erra, Georgina
Phytolith
Mesopotamia
Late Pleistocene
Paleoenvironment
title_short Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach
title_full Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach
title_fullStr Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach
title_full_unstemmed Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach
title_sort Paleoenvironment of the Toropí Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Corrientes province (Mesopotamian region, Argentina): A phytolith approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Erra, Georgina
Osterrieth, Margarita Luisa
Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo
Francia, Analia
Carlini, Alfredo Armando
author Erra, Georgina
author_facet Erra, Georgina
Osterrieth, Margarita Luisa
Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo
Francia, Analia
Carlini, Alfredo Armando
author_role author
author2 Osterrieth, Margarita Luisa
Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo
Francia, Analia
Carlini, Alfredo Armando
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Phytolith
Mesopotamia
Late Pleistocene
Paleoenvironment
topic Phytolith
Mesopotamia
Late Pleistocene
Paleoenvironment
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Two Pleistocene sedimentary units are recognized in the Corrientes province, Argentina: the Toropí and Yupoí formations. These sediments have proven productive for fossil vertebrates, but few macrofossils have been recovered. To remedy this situation, plant silica (phytoliths) were extracted from the sediments, enabling a direct comparison of paleovegetation data and information based on previous study of vertebrates. The studied samples (n = 28) come from two profiles from the Toropí Stream (28°36'S; 59°02'W), near Bella Vista, Corrientes, from which two Quaternary mammals, Lestodon (Xenarthra) and Hippocamelus (Artiodactyla), have previously been excavated. All samples were productive and contained both non-plant biogenic silica (diatoms, sponge spicular, chrysophyte cysts) and phytoliths. Phytolith assemblages were dominated by morphotypes diagnostic of grasses, in particular C 3 pooids, C 4 chloridoids, and C 3 or C 4 panicoids (or related grasses in the PACMAD clade). Rare phytoliths of palms and other woody or herbaceous dicotyledonous angiosperms were also present. This combination of C 3 and C 4 grasses, and rare palms and other forest indicators, indicates grass-dominated habitats with groves with palms and other trees/shrubs along rivers, growing under a relatively warm and dry climate. This mixed plant community reflects shifting biogeographic affinity with the Chaco-Pampean plain and inter-tropical regions, respectively, linked to the frequent climatic-environmental fluctuations during the Late Pleistocene.
Fil: Erra, Georgina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Osterrieth, Margarita Luisa. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario; Argentina
Fil: Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Francia, Analia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Carlini, Alfredo Armando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Departamento Científico de Paleontología de Vertebrados; Argentina
description Two Pleistocene sedimentary units are recognized in the Corrientes province, Argentina: the Toropí and Yupoí formations. These sediments have proven productive for fossil vertebrates, but few macrofossils have been recovered. To remedy this situation, plant silica (phytoliths) were extracted from the sediments, enabling a direct comparison of paleovegetation data and information based on previous study of vertebrates. The studied samples (n = 28) come from two profiles from the Toropí Stream (28°36'S; 59°02'W), near Bella Vista, Corrientes, from which two Quaternary mammals, Lestodon (Xenarthra) and Hippocamelus (Artiodactyla), have previously been excavated. All samples were productive and contained both non-plant biogenic silica (diatoms, sponge spicular, chrysophyte cysts) and phytoliths. Phytolith assemblages were dominated by morphotypes diagnostic of grasses, in particular C 3 pooids, C 4 chloridoids, and C 3 or C 4 panicoids (or related grasses in the PACMAD clade). Rare phytoliths of palms and other woody or herbaceous dicotyledonous angiosperms were also present. This combination of C 3 and C 4 grasses, and rare palms and other forest indicators, indicates grass-dominated habitats with groves with palms and other trees/shrubs along rivers, growing under a relatively warm and dry climate. This mixed plant community reflects shifting biogeographic affinity with the Chaco-Pampean plain and inter-tropical regions, respectively, linked to the frequent climatic-environmental fluctuations during the Late Pleistocene.
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