MACNBR 00242
MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES "BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Radiocarbon date on megafauna from the late Pleistocene-early Holocene of Cordoba province, Argentina: stratigraphic and paleoclimatic significance
Autor/es:
CRUZ, LAURA E.; BARGO, M. SUSANA; TONNI, EDUARDO P.; FIGINI, ANÍBAL J.
Revista:
REVISTA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS GEOLóGICAS
Editorial:
CENTRO GEOCIENCIAS UNAM
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 27 p. 470 - 476
ISSN:
1026-8774
Resumen:
A radiocarbon date (7550 ± 60 yr 14C BP) was obtained from bone collagen of an extinct ground sloth (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the locality of Río Cuarto (Córdoba province, Argentina). The fossil remains were recovered from the La Invernada Formation (late Pleistocene- Holocene). The date presented in this paper is the first radiocarbon date obtained from megafauna in Córdoba province, Argentina. It supports the temporal assignation of the La Invernada Formation to the late Pleistocene-early Holocene, and it will allow correlation of these sediments with climatic events that took place during this time. Moreover, it is the youngest radiocarbon date from megamammals recorded in central Argentina.
