Wetland megabias: ecological and ecophysiological filtering dominates the fossil record of hot spring floras

A Channing, D Edwards - Palaeontology, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Siliceous hot spring deposits form at E arth's surface above terrestrial hydrothermal systems,
which create low‐sulphidation epithermal mineral deposits deeper in the crust. Eruption of …

About the diversity of Dasypodidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) along the Late Miocene of northwestern Argentina: The case of the Salicas Formation

D Barasoain, LRG Ruiz, D Brandoni - Journal of South American Earth …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The deposits of the Neogene Salicas Formation crop out along the north area and western
flanks of the Velasco range, in the northern area of La Rioja Province, Argentina. Previous …

A new Late Cretaceous crocodyliform from the western margin of Gondwana (La Rioja Province, Argentina)

LE Fiorelli, JM Leardi, EM Hechenleitner, D Pol… - Cretaceous …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The Cretaceous witnessed the greatest diversity of Gondwanan notosuchian crocodyliforms,
which displayed high levels of diversity and a notable array of specialized forms that …

Paleobiology of titanosaurs: reproduction, development, histology, pneumaticity, locomotion and neuroanatomy from the South American fossil record

RA García, L Salgado, MS Fernández, IA Cerda… - Ameghiniana, 2015‏ - BioOne
Much of the current paleobiological knowledge on titanosaur sauropods was attained in just
the last fifteen years, in particular that related to reproductive and developmental biology …

Mammals from the Salicas Formation (late Miocene), La Rioja Province, northwestern Argentina: paleobiogeography, age, and paleoenvironment

D Brandoni, GI Schmidt, AM Candela, JI Noriega… - Ameghiniana, 2012‏ - BioOne
This study analyzes a collection of fossil mammals from the Salicas Formation in the El
Degolladito area, La Rioja Province, Argentina. The materials reported herein were …

A large accumulation of avian eggs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina) reveals a novel nesting strategy in Mesozoic birds

MS Fernández, RA Garcia, L Fiorelli, A Scolaro… - PLoS …, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
We report the first evidence for a nesting colony of Mesozoic birds on Gondwana: a fossil
accumulation in Late Cretaceous rocks mapped and collected from within the campus of the …

Reconstructing the thermal and exhumation history of the Sierras Pampeanas through low-temperature thermochronology: A case study from the Sierra de Velasco

ALS Goddard, MA Larrovere, B Carrapa… - GSA …, 2018‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina have been used as a classic case study to
understand the processes and mechanisms involved in thick-skinned deformation; however …

What do giant titanosaur dinosaurs and modern Australasian megapodes have in common?

EM Hechenleitner, G Grellet-Tinner, LE Fiorelli - PeerJ, 2015‏ - peerj.com
Titanosauria is a globally distributed clade of sometimes extremely large Mesozoic
herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs. On the basis of current evidence these giant dinosaurs …

Taphonomy: overview and new perspectives related to the paleobiology of giants

BJ González Riga, GA Casal, AR Fiorillo… - … : Record, Diversity and …, 2022‏ - Springer
Most taphonomy studies of South American sauropodomorphs have addressed extrinsic
factors such as sedimentary environments, bone dispersal, and mineralogical processes …

Fossil eggshells of amniotes as a paleothermometry tool

S Choi, Y Park, JJ Kweon, S Kim, H Jung… - Palaeogeography …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Raman spectroscopic analyses of thermally altered organic materials can be used to assess
the paleothermometry of the sedimentary deposits. Although this technique has been widely …