INVESTIGADORES
FERNANDEZ Damian Andres
artículos
Título:
Mites (Acari, Oribatida, Nanhermannidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia: First Southern Hemisphere fossil record in marine sediments
Autor/es:
FERNÁNDEZ, DAMIÁN ANDRÉS; MARTÍNEZ, PABLO A.; PALAZZESI, LUIS; BARREDA, VIVIANA D.
Revista:
AMEGHINIANA
Editorial:
ASOCIACION PALEONTOLOGICA ARGENTINA
Referencias:
Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2021
ISSN:
0002-7014
Resumen:
We present here the first record of a pre-Pleistocene fossil mite from the Southern Hemisphere in marine sediments. The specimen is a leg, morphologically assignable to family Nanhermannidae (Oribatida). The fossil remain is preserved in a paleopalynological sample from the Río Turbio Formation (Eocene), SW of Santa Cruz province, Patagonia, Argentina. This finding and the associated claws in palynological samples adds an important taxon to the group of non-pollinical palynomorphs with good potential as paleoenvironmental indicators.
