A baseline paleoecological study for the Santa Cruz Formation (late-early Miocene) at the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia, Argentina

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 507-519

  Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^a,b   Bargo, M Susana ^a,b   Kay, Richard F ^c   Fariña, Richard A ^d   Di Giacomo, Mariana ^d   Perry, Jonathan M G ^e   Prevosti, Francisco J ^f   Toledo, Néstor ^a,b   Cassini, Guillermo H ^a   Fernicola, Juan C ^f  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b CONICET CIC ^*  (Argentina)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^e MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Basal metabolism; Carnivore guild; Herbivore guild; Paleoecology; Population density; Vertebrate paleontology

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARNIVORE; DATABASE; FIELDWORK; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; PATAGONIA;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78449249878     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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