IANIGLA   20881
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGIA, GLACIOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Angiosperm pollen grains from the Cuayuca Formation
Autor/es:
RAMIREZ- ARRIAGA, ELIA; PRÁMPARO, M.B.; MARTÍNEZ -HERNÁNDEZ, ENRIQUE
Revista:
PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA
Editorial:
COQUINA PRESS
Referencias:
Lugar: New York; Año: 2015 vol. 18 p. 1 - 38
ISSN:
1094-8074
Resumen:
Systematic descriptions and illustrations of the best preserved angiosperm pollen
grains (Monocotyledonae or Liliopsida: n= 7 and Dicotyledonae or Magnoliopsida: n=
41) recovered from Cuayuca Formation (late Eocene-early Oligocene), Puebla State,
Mexico are provided, some of them of chronostratigraphic importance (Aglaoreidia
pristina, Armeria, Bombacacidites, Corsinipollenites, Eucommia, Favitricolporites,
Intratriporopollenites, Lymingtonia, Magnaperiporites, Malvacipollis spinulosa, Margocolporites
aff. vanwijhei, Momipites coryloides, Momipites tenuipolus, Mutisiapollis,
Ranunculacidites operculatus, and Thomsonipollis sabinetownensis). Taxa identified
from the Cuayuca Formation suggest local semiarid vegetation such as tropical deciduous
forest, chaparral, grassland, and arid tropical scrub, in which angiosperms are
one of the main representatives. Nevertheless, temperate taxa from Pinus forest and
cloud forest were also registered from regional vegetation. It is noticeable that at the
present time, such taxa are well represented in the vegetation of the Balsas River
Basin, which would suggest the existence of this type of flora in the Cuayuca region
since the Oligocene.