MACNBR   00242
MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES "BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Primer registro palinológico de la Formación del Buey (Mioceno), sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina: inferencias cronoestratigráficas y paleoclimáticas
Autor/es:
BARREDA, V.D.; OTTONE, E.G.; DÁVILA, F.M.; ASTINI, R.A.
Revista:
AMEGHINIANA
Referencias:
Año: 2006 vol. 43 p. 215 - 226
ISSN:
0002-7014
Resumen:
Abstract. AGE AND PALAEOENVIRONMENT OF THE DEL BUEY FORMATION, FAMATINA RANGE, LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA: SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND PALYNOLOGICAL EVIDENCES. Sedimentary facies and palaeoenvironments are described and
interpreted from the del Buey Formation, Famatina Range, La Rioja Province. Miospores and algae are reported
for the first time in this unit. The del Buey Formation is mainly composed by pinkish to reddish shales, some conglomerates,
and conspicuous levels of mudstones, interpreted as braidplain and lacustrine deposits. The palynological
assemblage, recovered from the lacustrine facies, is scarce and low-diversified. It is composed by probably
allochtonous Podocarpaceae, together with Malvaceae and mostly halophytic-xerophytic herbs and shrubs of
Chenopodiaceae, Ephedraceae, Convolvulaceae and Asteraceae, as well as tropical taxa such as Magnaperiporites
(Convolvulaceae?) and Senipites (Symplocaceae). The assemblage also contains Pteridophyta, Bryophyta and
Chlorococcales (Botryococcus and Pediastrum). Species of Malvaceae and Sparganiaceae/Thyphaceae would represent
the vegetation of a freshwater lake, a habitat adequate to the development of planktonic green algae, whereas
the remaining taxa could have developed in lacustrine marginal environments. The record of xerophytic and
tropical taxa coupled with the development of calcretes and intrasedimentary gypsum suggest semiarid and
warm to warm-temperate climate conditions. Recent isotopic data indicate a Middle Miocene age for the del Buey
Formation, palynological evidence supports this temporal assignment.