Paleozoogeographic, biostratigraphic, and systematic aspects of the Genus Sclerocalyptus (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) of Argentina

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• 作者：Alfredo Zurita ; Gustavo J. Scillato-Yané ; and Alfredo A. Carlini
• 关键词：Argentina ; Bonaerian ; Ensenadan ; Lujanian ; Paleoecology ; Paleoenvironment ; Pleistocene ; Sclerocalyptus
• 刊名：Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：October 2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：20
• 期：1-2
• 页码：121-129
• 全文大小：318 K

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Using species of the genus Sclerocalyptus Ameghino, 1891, found in Argentina and considered valid, the authors recognize: (1) four species for the Ensenadan stage (Late Pliocene–Middle Pleistocene): S. pseudornatus (Ameghino), restricted to Buenos Aires province; S. ornatus (Owen), recorded at Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santa Fe provinces; S. perfectus (Gervais and Ameghino) in Buenos Aires and Santiago del Estero provinces; and S. cordubensis (Ameghino), endemic to west-central Córdoba province; (2) a single species for the Bonaerian stage (Middle–Late Pleistocene), S. migoyanus, restricted to the Buenos Aires province; and (3) Lujanian taxa (Late Pleistocene–Early Holocene) represented by Sclerocalyptus cf. S. heusseri (Ameghino), distributed in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Tucumán, Corrientes, and Santa Fe provinces, and S. evidens (Ameghino) in Salta province. From a paleoenvironmental standpoint, the Sclerocalyptus species show adaptations to arid–semiarid and cold environments, such as strong development of the fronto-nasal sinuses, a characteristic that probably appeared during the Sanadresian–Ensenadan. Sclerocalyptus is not frequent in those areas in which relatively more humid and warm climates than those inferred for the Pampean region and central northern Argentina (e.g. Mesopotamia, west of Uruguay, south of Brazil) prevailed during the Quaternary.