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The Cretaceous Period of Weather Similar to the Present One and Its Diverse “Conchostracan” Fauna
Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET-UNNE) and área Ciencias de la Tierra, Departamento de Biología, Corrientes, Argentina
Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET-UNNE) and área Ciencias de la Tierra, Departamento de Biología, Corrientes, Argentina
Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET-UNNE) and área Ciencias de la Tierra, Departamento de Biología, Corrientes, Argentina
Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET-UNNE) and área Ciencias de la Tierra, Departamento de Biología, Corrientes, Argentina
Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica (INGEIS-CONICET-UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica (INGEIS-CONICET-UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1 Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET-UNNE) and área Ciencias de la Tierra, Departamento de Biología, Corrientes, Argentina
- 2 Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET-UNNE) and área Ciencias de la Tierra, Departamento de Biología, Corrientes, Argentina
- 3 Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET-UNNE) and área Ciencias de la Tierra, Departamento de Biología, Corrientes, Argentina
- 4 Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET-UNNE) and área Ciencias de la Tierra, Departamento de Biología, Corrientes, Argentina
- 5 Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica (INGEIS-CONICET-UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 6 Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 7 Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica (INGEIS-CONICET-UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Open Journal of Geology·Volume 09 (2019)·Pages 704–706·Published 20 September 2019·DOI10.4236/ojg.2019.910080
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Abstract
Cretaceous System is widely represented in South America from northeast Brazil to southern Patagonia Argentina. It is characterized by having been a relatively warm climate, with rainfall and marked seasonality which allowed the development of the “conchostracan” populations.
KeywordsCretaceousClimateFossil RecordSouth America
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