Extant squamates in the Pleistocene of Northwestern Argentina Escamados recentes no Pleistoceno do Noroeste da Argentina
| Autor: | Adriana Maria Albino, Pablo Javier Gaudioso |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
010506 paleontology Squamata Fossil Record biology Pleistocene Ecology Paleontology Vertebrate biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Geography Teiid lizard Extant taxon biology.animal Quaternary Tupinambis 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 21:63-70 |
| ISSN: | 2236-1715 1519-7530 |
| Popis: | Squamates are a common component of the present vertebrate communities of Northwestern Argentina, although their fossil record in this region is scarce. In the present contribution, remains of extant genera of squamates from the Pleistocene of Santiago del Estero Province (Argentina) are described. An incomplete hemimandible of the teiid lizard Tupinambis and a short section of a vertebral column of the boid snake Epicrates are recognized. The presence of Tupinambis and Epicrates in the Pleistocene of the Termas de Rio Hondo coincides with the current distribution of these genera. These records increase the knowledge on the Quaternary herpetofauna of Northwestern Argentina. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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