The uppermost Cretaceous continental deposits at the southern end of Patagonia, the Chorrillo Formation case study (Austral-Magallanes Basin): Sedimentology …

D Moyano-Paz, S Rozadilla, F Agnolin, E Vera… - Cretaceous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The deposits of the Chorrillo Formation (Maastrichtian) were accumulated during a
'continental window'that occurred during the Late Cretaceous in the Austral-Magallanes …

Relict duck-billed dinosaurs survived into the last age of the dinosaurs in subantarctic Chile

J Alarcón-Muñoz, AO Vargas, HP Püschel… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
In the dusk of the Mesozoic, advanced duck-billed dinosaurs (Hadrosauridae) were so
successful that they likely outcompeted other herbivores, contributing to declines in dinosaur …

Paleogeography and biogeography of the Gondwanan final breakup and its terrestrial vertebrates: New insights from southern South America and the “double Noah's …

MA Reguero, FJ Goin - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
The Mesozoic plate tectonic and paleogeographic history of the final break up of West
Gondwana had a profound effect on the distribution of terrestrial vertebrates in South …

In the shadow of dinosaurs: Late Cretaceous frogs are distinct components of a widespread tetrapod assemblage across Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia

FS Lara, RO Gomez - Cretaceous Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Frogs (Anura) are nowadays common and abundant constituents of terrestrial and
freshwater ecosystems near globally and their fossil record shows that they were already …

A large therian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of South America

NR Chimento, FL Agnolín, J García-Marsà… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Theria represent an extant clade that comprises placental and marsupial mammals. Here we
report on the discovery of a new Late Cretaceous mammal from southern Patagonia …

First monotreme from the Late Cretaceous of South America

NR Chimento, FL Agnolín, M Manabe, T Tsuihiji… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Monotremata is a clade of egg-lying mammals, represented by the living platypus and
echidnas, which is endemic to Australia, and adjacent islands. Occurrence of basal …

New records of Theropoda from a Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) locality in the Magallanes-Austral Basin, Patagonia, and insights into end Cretaceous …

SN Davis, S Soto-Acuña, RA Fernández… - Journal of South …, 2023 - Elsevier
The end Cretaceous mass extinction was marked by a dramatic change in biodiversity, and
the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs. To understand the diversity of dinosaur clades prior …

Early Late Cretaceous mammals from southern Patagonia (Santa Cruz province, Argentina)

T Martin, FJ Goin, JA Schultz, JN Gelfo - Cretaceous Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Mata Amarilla Formation in western central
Santa Cruz province of Argentina has yielded fragmentary teeth of a large? docodontan, an …

Fossil vertebrates from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

FL Agnolín, GÁ Herrera, MA Rolando, M Motta… - Cretaceous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cerro Fortaleza Formation is a stratigraphic unit that crops out near the Cerro
Fortaleza hill, northwestern Santa Cruz province, Argentina. This unit has been well-known …

Mandibular and dental characteristics of the Late Jurassic mammal Henkelotherium guimarotae (Paurodontidae, Dryolestida)

ZX Luo, T Martin - PalZ, 2023 - Springer
Henkelotherium guimarotae Krebs 1991 is an important Jurassic mammal for understanding
therian evolution. We are presenting a new study of extensive, previously undescribed …