First paleoparasitological record of anoplocephalid cestodes in Patagonia Austral.

FUGASSA, M.H., DENEGRI, G.M., SARDELLA, N.H., GUICHÓN, R.A., MARTINEZ, P.A. Y ARAUJO, A.

Río de Janeiro, Brasil

Congreso; 1º Paleopatholohy Association Meeting in South America.; 2005

We examined organic remains identified as fox (Pseudalopex sp.) coprolites, dated of 6540±110 years, collected in the National Park Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz, Argentina. Paleoparasitological analysis was performed following standard procedures. Coprolite fragments were rehydrated in a trissodium phosphate aquous solution and submmited to spontaneous sedimentation for microscope analysis. Eggs identified as an Eucestode (Anoplocephalidae), presumably Moniezia sp. were found. This is the first record of Anoplocephalide eggs in archaeological material.