Format:
1 online resource (x, 343 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9783030239183
Series Statement:
The Latin American Studies Book Ser.
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Pilauco and Los Notros Sites Research: A Narration of Human and Scientific Events -- 1.1 History, People, and Projects Involved in the Research -- References -- 2 From Gondwana to the Great American Biotic Interchange: The Birth of South American Fauna -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Gondwana (510-110 Ma) -- 2.3 The Isolation of South America and the Ancient Fauna (∼55-3 Ma) -- 2.4 The Island Hopping Period (40-3 Ma) -- 2.5 The Early American Biotic Interchange (EABI, 9-3 Ma) -- 2.6 The Great American Biotic Interchange and the American Schism (GABI, 3 Ma to Present) -- 2.7 A Brief Discussion -- References -- 3 Geology, Stratigraphy, and Chronology of the Pilauco Site -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.3 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology -- 3.4 The Radiocarbon Ages -- 3.5 The Stratigraphic Relation Between PB-8 and PB-9 Layers -- 3.6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 4 The Proboscidean Gomphotheres (Mammalia, Gomphotheriidae) from Southernmost South America -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 The Family Gomphotheriidae in South America -- 4.3 The Gomphotheres in Chile -- 4.4 Gomphotheres from the Pilauco Site -- References -- 5 The Camelids (Artiodactyla: Camelidae) and Equids (Perissodactyla: Equidae) from the Pilauco Site, Northwestern Chilean Patagonia -- 5.1 Background -- 5.2 Camelids and Equids: Origin, Taxonomy and Dispersion -- 5.3 The Pleistocene Record of Camelidae and Equidae in Chile: Taxonomy and a Biogeographical Overview -- 5.4 The Record of Camelids and Equids from Pilauco -- 5.5 Stratigraphic and Spatial Distribution -- 5.6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 6 Sporormiella Fungal Spores as a Proxy for Megaherbivore Abundance and Decline at Pilauco -- 6.1 Background -- 6.2 The Paleontological and Chronostratigraphic Setting at Pilauco -- 6.3 Materials and Methods -- 6.4 Results.
Note:
Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030239176
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Pilauco: a late pleistocene archaeo-paleontological site Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2020 ISBN 9783030239176
Language:
English
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
