The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transition

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Pascual, Rosendo
Año de publicación
1998
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español castellano
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artículo
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versión publicada
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The last records of Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene (Danian-Selandian) mammals from Patagonia together with those from the early Paleocene of Bolivia, are hard evidence that the whole history of the terrestrial South american mammals followed peculiar evolutionary patterns, very different from those of other regions of the world. We recognize two large episodes, which we call the Gondwanic Stage and the South American Stage. Each results from evolutionary processes which involve genetic isolation, and appear to have been related to the two stages of geographic isolation which happened in the South American continent: as part of the Gondwana supercontinent during most of the Mesozoic, and finally as a discrete and isolated continental unit near the end of the Pliocene. The first one was characterized by communities exclusively composed of no-tribosphenic and pre-tribosphenic mammals. The second one included only tribosphenic mammals (except for one monotremata and one non-tribosphenic from the early Palaeocene, and only from Patagonia). The fisrt stage was a severe isolation from the northern continents which integrated into Lau- rasia. The second, on the other hand, was characterized by sporadic direct or indirect conexions with the Laurasian continents, or with Africa. For this reason, all mammals belonging to this second stage are regional products which, in isolation, derived from extracontinental immigrants. The drastic compositional changes between these stages should have happened between the Campanian and Danian, but we lack records which would allow the recognition of their modus operandi.
Los últimos registros de mamíferos del Cretácico Tardío y del Paleoceno temprano (Daniano-Selan- diano) de Patagonia, sumados a aquéllos del Paleoceno Temprano (Daniano tardío?) de Bolivia, son evidencia concreta de que la historia toda de los mamíferos terrestres sudamericanos siguió patrones evolutivos singulares, y muy distintos a aquéllos de otras partes del mundo. Reconocemos dos grandes etapas, que distinguimos como la Etapa Gondwánica y la Etapa Sudamericana. Cada una de ellas resulta de procesos evolutivos sucedidos en aislación genética, y aparecen como causalmente relacionadas, respectivamente, a las dos grandes etapas de aislamiento geográfico por las que pasó lo que devendría el continente sudamericano: como parte del Supercontinente Gondwana durante la mayor parte del Mesozoico, y finalmente como una unidad continental discreta y aislada hasta fines del Plioceno. La primera estuvo caracterizada por comunidades compuestas exclusivamente por mamíferos no-tribosfénicos y pre-tribosfénicos. La segunda, por comunidades compuestas exclusivamente por mamíferos tribosfénicos (salvo un monotremata y otro no-tribosfénico del Paleoceno temprano, y sólo de Patagonia). La primera etapa fue de un más severo aislamiento de los continentes del norte, componentes de Laurasia. La segunda, en cambio, estuvo signada por esporádicas conexiones, directas o indirectas, con los continentes laurásicos, y con África. Así, todos los mamíferos de esta segunda etapa son productos regionales que, en aislación, derivaron de inmigrantes extracontinentales. Los drásticos cambios composicionales entre una y otra etapa debieron ocurrir entre el Campaniano y el Daniano, aunque carecemos de registros que permitan reconocer su modus operandi.
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Materia
Paleontología
Land-mammals
South America
Cretaceous-Paleocene transition
Mamíferos terrestres
Sudamérica
Transición
Cretácico-Paleoceno
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spelling The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transitionLa historia de los mamíferos terrestres sudamericanos: la seminal transición cretácico-paleocenoPascual, RosendoPaleontologíaLand-mammalsSouth AmericaCretaceous-Paleocene transitionMamíferos terrestresSudaméricaTransiciónCretácico-PaleocenoThe last records of Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene (Danian-Selandian) mammals from Patagonia together with those from the early Paleocene of Bolivia, are hard evidence that the whole history of the terrestrial South american mammals followed peculiar evolutionary patterns, very different from those of other regions of the world. We recognize two large episodes, which we call the Gondwanic Stage and the South American Stage. Each results from evolutionary processes which involve genetic isolation, and appear to have been related to the two stages of geographic isolation which happened in the South American continent: as part of the Gondwana supercontinent during most of the Mesozoic, and finally as a discrete and isolated continental unit near the end of the Pliocene. The first one was characterized by communities exclusively composed of no-tribosphenic and pre-tribosphenic mammals. The second one included only tribosphenic mammals (except for one monotremata and one non-tribosphenic from the early Palaeocene, and only from Patagonia). The fisrt stage was a severe isolation from the northern continents which integrated into Lau- rasia. The second, on the other hand, was characterized by sporadic direct or indirect conexions with the Laurasian continents, or with Africa. For this reason, all mammals belonging to this second stage are regional products which, in isolation, derived from extracontinental immigrants. The drastic compositional changes between these stages should have happened between the Campanian and Danian, but we lack records which would allow the recognition of their modus operandi.Los últimos registros de mamíferos del Cretácico Tardío y del Paleoceno temprano (Daniano-Selan- diano) de Patagonia, sumados a aquéllos del Paleoceno Temprano (Daniano tardío?) de Bolivia, son evidencia concreta de que la historia toda de los mamíferos terrestres sudamericanos siguió patrones evolutivos singulares, y muy distintos a aquéllos de otras partes del mundo. Reconocemos dos grandes etapas, que distinguimos como la Etapa Gondwánica y la Etapa Sudamericana. Cada una de ellas resulta de procesos evolutivos sucedidos en aislación genética, y aparecen como causalmente relacionadas, respectivamente, a las dos grandes etapas de aislamiento geográfico por las que pasó lo que devendría el continente sudamericano: como parte del Supercontinente Gondwana durante la mayor parte del Mesozoico, y finalmente como una unidad continental discreta y aislada hasta fines del Plioceno. La primera estuvo caracterizada por comunidades compuestas exclusivamente por mamíferos no-tribosfénicos y pre-tribosfénicos. La segunda, por comunidades compuestas exclusivamente por mamíferos tribosfénicos (salvo un monotremata y otro no-tribosfénico del Paleoceno temprano, y sólo de Patagonia). La primera etapa fue de un más severo aislamiento de los continentes del norte, componentes de Laurasia. La segunda, en cambio, estuvo signada por esporádicas conexiones, directas o indirectas, con los continentes laurásicos, y con África. Así, todos los mamíferos de esta segunda etapa son productos regionales que, en aislación, derivaron de inmigrantes extracontinentales. Los drásticos cambios composicionales entre una y otra etapa debieron ocurrir entre el Campaniano y el Daniano, aunque carecemos de registros que permitan reconocer su modus operandi.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo1998info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf9-18http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/115947spainfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.peapaleontologica.org.ar/index.php/peapa/article/view/172info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0328-347Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-10-15T11:18:53Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/115947Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-10-15 11:18:54.114SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transition
La historia de los mamíferos terrestres sudamericanos: la seminal transición cretácico-paleoceno
title The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transition
spellingShingle The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transition
Pascual, Rosendo
Paleontología
Land-mammals
South America
Cretaceous-Paleocene transition
Mamíferos terrestres
Sudamérica
Transición
Cretácico-Paleoceno
title_short The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transition
title_full The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transition
title_fullStr The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transition
title_full_unstemmed The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transition
title_sort The history of South American land mammals: the seminal cretaceous-paleocene transition
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pascual, Rosendo
author Pascual, Rosendo
author_facet Pascual, Rosendo
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Paleontología
Land-mammals
South America
Cretaceous-Paleocene transition
Mamíferos terrestres
Sudamérica
Transición
Cretácico-Paleoceno
topic Paleontología
Land-mammals
South America
Cretaceous-Paleocene transition
Mamíferos terrestres
Sudamérica
Transición
Cretácico-Paleoceno
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The last records of Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene (Danian-Selandian) mammals from Patagonia together with those from the early Paleocene of Bolivia, are hard evidence that the whole history of the terrestrial South american mammals followed peculiar evolutionary patterns, very different from those of other regions of the world. We recognize two large episodes, which we call the Gondwanic Stage and the South American Stage. Each results from evolutionary processes which involve genetic isolation, and appear to have been related to the two stages of geographic isolation which happened in the South American continent: as part of the Gondwana supercontinent during most of the Mesozoic, and finally as a discrete and isolated continental unit near the end of the Pliocene. The first one was characterized by communities exclusively composed of no-tribosphenic and pre-tribosphenic mammals. The second one included only tribosphenic mammals (except for one monotremata and one non-tribosphenic from the early Palaeocene, and only from Patagonia). The fisrt stage was a severe isolation from the northern continents which integrated into Lau- rasia. The second, on the other hand, was characterized by sporadic direct or indirect conexions with the Laurasian continents, or with Africa. For this reason, all mammals belonging to this second stage are regional products which, in isolation, derived from extracontinental immigrants. The drastic compositional changes between these stages should have happened between the Campanian and Danian, but we lack records which would allow the recognition of their modus operandi.
Los últimos registros de mamíferos del Cretácico Tardío y del Paleoceno temprano (Daniano-Selan- diano) de Patagonia, sumados a aquéllos del Paleoceno Temprano (Daniano tardío?) de Bolivia, son evidencia concreta de que la historia toda de los mamíferos terrestres sudamericanos siguió patrones evolutivos singulares, y muy distintos a aquéllos de otras partes del mundo. Reconocemos dos grandes etapas, que distinguimos como la Etapa Gondwánica y la Etapa Sudamericana. Cada una de ellas resulta de procesos evolutivos sucedidos en aislación genética, y aparecen como causalmente relacionadas, respectivamente, a las dos grandes etapas de aislamiento geográfico por las que pasó lo que devendría el continente sudamericano: como parte del Supercontinente Gondwana durante la mayor parte del Mesozoico, y finalmente como una unidad continental discreta y aislada hasta fines del Plioceno. La primera estuvo caracterizada por comunidades compuestas exclusivamente por mamíferos no-tribosfénicos y pre-tribosfénicos. La segunda, por comunidades compuestas exclusivamente por mamíferos tribosfénicos (salvo un monotremata y otro no-tribosfénico del Paleoceno temprano, y sólo de Patagonia). La primera etapa fue de un más severo aislamiento de los continentes del norte, componentes de Laurasia. La segunda, en cambio, estuvo signada por esporádicas conexiones, directas o indirectas, con los continentes laurásicos, y con África. Así, todos los mamíferos de esta segunda etapa son productos regionales que, en aislación, derivaron de inmigrantes extracontinentales. Los drásticos cambios composicionales entre una y otra etapa debieron ocurrir entre el Campaniano y el Daniano, aunque carecemos de registros que permitan reconocer su modus operandi.
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