Tertiary marine molluscan assemblages of eastern Patagonia (Argentina): A biostratigraphic analysis

2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 1097-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Julia del Río
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Late Paleocene ◽  
Compositional Changes ◽  
Molluscan Species

Pectinids are the most abundant and widely distributed taxa in the Tertiary marine beds of Patagonia. Along with other very common molluscan species, they characterize five assemblages, from oldest to youngest: 1) the Oligocene Panopea sierrana-Parinomya patagonensis Assemblage; 2) the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene Jorgechlamys centralis–Reticulochlamys borjasensis Assemblage; 3) the Early Miocene Reticulochlamys zinsmeisteri–Struthiolarella patagoniensis–Pleuromeris cruzensis Assemblage; 4) the Early Miocene Pseudoportlandia glabra–Antimelatoma quemadensis Assemblage; and 5) the latest Early Miocene–earliest Middle Miocene Nodipecten sp.–Venericor abasolensis–Glycymerita camaronesia Assemblage. A brief analysis of the origin and composition of these Tertiary Patagonian molluscan faunas is provided. Striking compositional changes occurred through time, recorded mainly in the Late Paleocene, Late Eocene, Late Oligocene–Early Miocene, and Late Miocene.

scholarly journals Diversity and biostratigraphy of the late Oligocene-late Miocene sand dollars (Echinoidea: Scutelliformes) of Argentina and Uruguay

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Claudia-J. Del Río ◽  
Sergio Martínez
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Good Correspondence ◽  
Shallow Marine ◽  
Sand Dollars ◽  
Temporal Dimensions

Introduction: Scutelliforms were diverse and widespread in shallow marine environments during Neogene times in South America. Nevertheless, they have almost never been used as biostratigraphic tools. Objective: To provide a refined stratigraphic frame useful for calibrating temporal dimensions of scutelliform diversity from Argentina and Uruguay and its correlation with the molluscan assemblages previously proposed. Methods: A detailed survey of their geographic and stratigraphic provenance was carried out. We revised both the bibliography and collections (institutional and from our own field work). Results: The group is represented by 14 species belonging to six genera, and four assemblages were identified. Numerical dates of the Neogene marine rocks obtained recently allowed their placement in a chronological scheme: “Iheringiella” sp. A is restricted to the late Oligocene, the genera Camachoaster and “Eoscutella” and the species Monophoraster telfordi to the early Miocene, Abertella gualichensis and Abertella miskellyi to the middle Miocene, and Monophoraster duboisi, Amplaster coloniensis and Amplaster ellipticus to the late Miocene. Non-lunulate scutelliforms are not restricted to the late Oligocene as previously supposed. The oldest occurrence of the genus Monophoraster corresponds to the early Miocene, and along with Iheringiella are long-living taxa that embrace the 25.3 Ma-18.1 Ma (Iheringiella patagonensis) and approximately 15 Ma-6.48 Ma (Monophoraster darwini) intervals. The presence of Iheringiella in the early Miocene of northeastern Patagonia is corroborated, reaching there its northernmost distribution. Monophoraster darwini has a temporal range from the late Miocene (where it was previously thought to be restricted) back to the middle Miocene, since this is the species yielded in the well-known and discussed “Monophoraster and Venericor Beds”. Conclusions: The Paleogene-Neogene scutelliforms of Argentina and Uruguay range from the late Oligocene to the late Miocene. There is a good correspondence among the numerical ages, molluscan biozones and scutelliform assemblages.

scholarly journals Miocene sepiids (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea) from Australia

Fossil Record ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Košt'ák ◽  
Andrej Ruman ◽  
Ján Schlögl ◽  
Natalia Hudáčková ◽  
Dirk Fuchs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Biogeographical Distribution ◽  
Stem Lineage ◽  
Migratory Route

Abstract. Two sepiid genera, Notosepia Chapman, 1915, and Sepia Linnaeus, 1758, are described from the Neogene deposits of Australia. A new and unique record of the middle Miocene Sepia sp. is reported from southern Australia. Based on similarities to contemporaneous sepiids, the new sepiid cuttlebone described herein belongs to the genus Sepia. Notosepia cliftonensis is suggested herein to be a descendant of the archaeosepiid stem lineage. Microstructures (lamella-fibrillar nacre is the nacre Type II of septa and pillar prismatic layers) of the excellently preserved cuttlebone of Sepia sp. display a modern character of the phragmocone, fully comparable to the recent taxa. The stratigraphically well-calibrated (based on foraminifera) cuttlebone represents the first unambiguous fossil record of the genus Sepia from the Southern Hemisphere. It significantly extends the biogeographical distribution of modern sepiids in the Miocene and suggests the existence of a sepiid eastward migratory route. Moreover, the presence of both conservative- and modern-type cuttlebones suggests a dual colonisation of Australian waters: the first (archaeosepiid) during the late Eocene–late Oligocene and the second (sepiid) during the early Miocene.

scholarly journals The distribution of <i>Triebelina raripila</i> and <i>Carinocythereis carinata</i> (Ostracoda) from the Middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys and their palaeogeographic implications

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Szczechura
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Central Paratethys ◽  
Eastern Paratethys ◽  
Main Species ◽  
Late Middle Miocene ◽  
The Mediterranean

Abstract. Late Middle Miocene (Upper Badenian) strata of the Fore-Carpathian Depression of Poland yield a shallow-water ostracod fauna which contains the species Triebelina raripila (G. W. Müller, 1894) and Carinocythereis carinata (Roemer, 1838). The palaeobiogeographic distribution of the two main species suggests, that in the late Middle Miocene, Central Paratethys was still connected to the Mediterranean, although still separated from the Eastern Paratethys and from southeastern Eurasia. The continuous occurrence of Triebelina raripila and Carinocythereis carinata in the Mediterranean basins, from the Early Miocene to Recent, indicates that marine conditions existed throughout, thereby allowing them to survive the Late Miocene salinity crisis.

Peonza: new gastropod genus from the middle Tertiary of Patagonia and Chile

1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia M. Olivera ◽  
William J. Zinsmeister ◽  
S. Graciela Parma
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Tierra Del Fuego ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Two New Species

A new Tertiary gastropod genus, Peonza n. gen., is described, along with two new species, P. torquata from southern Argentina and P. benjamina from southern Chile. These muricacean gastropods, of uncertain familial status, occur in the late Eocene San Julián Formation and in the late Oligocene to early Miocene? Monte León Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. They also were recorded in the (probably) Oligocene Magellanian beds in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and in early Miocene deposits of the Tres Montes region in the Chilean Canals. In spite of the small number of specimens, Peonza n. gen. seems to have had a wide geographic and temporal distribution.

Development of the New Hebrides archipelago

1975 ◽  
Vol 272 (918) ◽  
pp. 277-285 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Early Pliocene ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
Volcanic Islands

The general geology of the New Hebrides is summarized in terms of three volcanic and two main sedimentary episodes. Calc-alkaline volcanics ol the first episode occur on the western islands and accumulated mainly on the submarine slopes below small reef-fringed volcanic islands in Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene times. During the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene wholly submarine tholeiitic or high-Al volcanics accumulated in the eastern and southern part of the New Hebrides while calcareous sediments were forming in the western islands. During the third volcanic phase, of Pliocene to Recent age, regional uplift has led to most of the volcanics being subaerial while extensive flights of limestone terraces occur round the older islands. In consequence the land area of the New Hebrides has increased rapidly during Quaternary times. The landforms produced are briefly described.

scholarly journals New microfossil and strontium isotope chronology used to identify the controls of Miocene reefs and related facies in NW Cyprus

2020 ◽  
pp. jgs2020-081
Author(s):  
Torin Cannings ◽  
Elizabeth M. Balmer ◽  
Giovanni Coletti ◽  
Ryan B. Ickert ◽  
Dick Kroon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Sr Isotope ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Planktic Foraminifera ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supplementary Material ◽  
Global Sea Level

The existing chronostratigraphic framework in NW Cyprus of two-phase, Early and Late Miocene reef and associated facies development is tested and improved using a combination of calcareous nannofossil, benthic and planktic foraminiferal, and also Sr isotope dating. Following localised Late Oligocene neritic carbonate deposition (e.g. benthic foraminiferal shoals), reefs and related facies (Terra Member) began to develop c. 24 Ma (Aquitanian) and terminated c. 16 Ma (end-Burdigalian). Early Miocene reef and marginal facies were then extensively redeposited as multiple debris-flow deposits until c. 13.7 Ma, influenced by a combination of global sea-level fall (related to growth of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet) and local- to regional-scale tectonics. Reef growth and related deposition resumed (Koronia Member) c. 9.1 Ma (Tortonian), then terminated by c. 6.1 Ma (mid-Messinian), followed by the Messinian salinity crisis. Neritic accumulation in NW Cyprus began earlier (Late Oligocene), than in southern Cyprus (Early Miocene). The Early Miocene reefs developed on a c. N-S-trending structural high in the west (Akamas Peninsula area) whereas the Late Miocene reefs developed on both flanks of the neotectonic Polis graben. The two-phase reef development is mirrored in SE Cyprus and in some other Mediterranean areas; e.g. S Turkey, Israel, Italy, S Spain.Supplementary material: GPS Locations of dated samples, the Sr isotope method and the samples examined for planktic foraminifera biostratigraphy are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5205315.

The Inachoididae spider crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura) from the Neogene of the tropical Americas

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Daniel Lima ◽  
Orangel Aguilera ◽  
Marcos Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Central American ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
North Brazil ◽  
Tropical America

Abstract The spider crabs Willinachoides santanai n. gen. n. sp. from the early-middle Miocene of north Brazil and Paradasygyius rodriguezi n. sp. from the late Miocene of Venezuela are described and illustrated. Additionally, Eoinachoides senni Van Straelen, 1933, from the late Oligocene–early Miocene of Venezuela, is redescribed based on photographs of the holotype, and the diagnosis of Eoinachoides latispinosus Carriol, Muizon, and Secretan, 1987, from the late Miocene of Peru, is emended also on the basis of photographs of the holotype. The past distribution points to a Tethyan background for the current amphi-American Inachoididae, with the oldest fossil species known from the early Eocene Tethyan regions (Pakistan and Italy), and from the late Eocene–late Pliocene of the Americas. The high number of monotypic genera in Inachoididae could be the result of rapid dispersion followed by diversification during the Neogene of the tropical America, facilitated by global and regional events (e.g., eustatic sea level changes, the Mi-1 Oligocene-Miocene boundary global cooling, the global warming period of the Middle Miocene Climate maximum, closure of the Panama Isthmus, and marine incursions into the Amazon Basin). The shoaling and final closure of the Central American Seaway are thought to have critically affected the evolution of the inachoidids and shaped their current distribution patterns. UUID: http://zoobank.org/6275fdc4-4bfa-4873-9320-3143d4915172.

Fuchsia pollen from the tertiary of Australia

1990 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 739 ◽  
Author(s):  
PE Berry ◽  
JJ Skvarla ◽  
D PartridgeA ◽  
MK Macphail
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Temperate Forests ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Early Oligocene ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
Early Tertiary ◽  
New Localities

Pollen of Diporites aspis, corresponding to the extant genus Fuchsia, is reported from Late Oligocene to Early Miocene strata in two new localities in Australia. They extend the range of Diporites pollen in Australia from the Otway Basin in Victoria to the Capricorn Basin offshore Queensland, and they bring to six the number of Diporites specimens in Australia, from five different sites. These reports establish the presence of Fuchsia in Australasia from at least the Early Oligocene, when mesic forests were widespread across Australia. Fuchsia reached New Zealand by the Late Oligocene and has survived there until the present, but is not known to have survived in Australia past the late Miocene. These results support the hypothesis of an early Tertiary origin of the genus in southern temperate forests.

scholarly journals Pollen and spore events from the marine Tertiary of North Europe

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Boulter
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
The Other ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Small Range ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Norwegian Sea ◽  
Angiosperm Pollen ◽  
Central North Sea

Abstract. Results are presented of semi-quantitative palynological analyses from two cored boreholes. One is from the central North Sea (16/1-1) and penetrates sediments from the Middle Miocene to the Palaeocene. The other is from the Voring Plateau of the Norwegian Sea (D.S.D.P. Leg 38 site 338) and penetrates sediments from the Early Miocene to the Early Eocene. The results show a number of interesting palynological features and these are discussed in relation to other evidence. The most important of these are: 1, the small range of angiosperm pollen in the Palaeocene; 2, changes in the dinocyst:pollen ratio in Early Eocene sediments in both cores at about the time of an increase in Subtriporopollenites pollen; 3, the presence of triprojectate pollen in the Late Eocene and Middle Oligocene sediments of site 338 some of which may not be reworked; and 4, a clear difference between Neogene and Palaeogene pollen taxa.

scholarly journals Small early Miocene listriodont suid (Artiodactyla: Mammalia) from Sabuncubeli (Manisa, SW Anatolia), Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-337
Author(s):  
Martin Pickford ◽  
Tanju Kaya ◽  
Erhan Tarhan ◽  
Derya Erylmaz ◽  
Serdar Mayda
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Family

Turkey is known for the wealth of fossil suids found in deposits of middle Miocene, late Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene levels but material of this family from early Miocene and Palaeogene deposits is rare in the country, one of the few published occurrences being from Şemsettin (Kumartaş Formation, MN 4, Çankiri-Çorum Basin). For this reason, it is interesting to record the presence of small suid remains in the Soma Formation at Sabuncubeli (Manisa, SW Anatolia) in deposits correlated to MN 3 (early Miocene) and thus the earliest known Turkish members of the family. The upper and lower teeth are herein attributed to a new genus and species (Prolistriodon smyrnensis) of Listriodontinae because, in a nascent way, they show a suite of derived morphological features such as upper central incisors with apical sulci, and upper molars with lingual precrista, found in listriodonts but not in Kubanochoerinae, Palaeochoerinae, Tetracondontinae, Hyotheriinae, Namachoerinae, Cainochoerinae or Suinae.

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