Late Pleistocene biota from Pubenza, Colombia; turtles, mammals, birds, invertebrates and plant remains

Andrés  Alfonso Rojas; Laura Maria Herrera Gutierrez; Catalina Suárez; Martín Ciancio; Jonathan Pelegrin; Edwin Alberto Cadena

doi:10.1002/jqs.3299

Late Pleistocene biota from Pubenza, Colombia; turtles, mammals, birds, invertebrates and plant remains

Título traducido de la contribución: Biota del Pleistoceno tardio de Pubenza, Colombia; tortugas, mamíferos, aves, invertebrados, y remanentes de plantas

Andrés Alfonso Rojas, Laura Maria Herrera Gutierrez, Catalina Suárez, Martín Ciancio, Jonathan Pelegrin, Edwin Alberto Cadena

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Pubenza es un sitio paleontológico notable de Colombia, y un lugar que podría albergar algunas de las evidencias potencialmente más antiguas de humanos en el norte de Sudamérica. La investigación paleontológica anterior en este sitio se ha centrado principalmente en la megafauna. Aquí describimos y establecemos la paleontología sistemática para la pequeña fauna que habitó este antiguo ecosistema lacustre, incluyendo el primer reporte de aves, tortugas y víboras para el Pleistoceno tardío en Colombia. Además, los nidos de avispas fosilizados excepcionalmente bien conservados están caracterizados morfológica y elementalmente, lo que constituye el primer informe de un icnofósil de este tipo en el norte de América del Sur. Además, también se describe nuevo material de tortugas kinosternidos, armadillos y roedores. Nuestros resultados revelan que la cuenca del río Bogotá, donde se ubica Pubenza, fue un rico ecosistema durante el Pleistoceno tardío y una región de gran interés para futuros estudios paleontológicos y arqueológicos articulados.

Título traducido de la contribución	Biota del Pleistoceno tardio de Pubenza, Colombia; tortugas, mamíferos, aves, invertebrados, y remanentes de plantas
Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Número de artículo	3299
Páginas (desde-hasta)	450-466
Número de páginas	17
Publicación	Journal of Quaternary Science
Volumen	36
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3299
Estado	Publicada - abr. 5 2021

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