Fabaceae de la Formación El Morterito (Mioceno Superior) del valle del Cajón, provincia de Catamarca, Argentina
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Resumen. Se describen hojas de Fabaceae que constituyen parte de la asociación florística de la Formación El Morterito (Mioceno Superior) del valle del Cajón, provincia de Catamarca. Los taxones son incluidos en Caesalpinoideae: Senna cf. bicapsularis (L.) Rouxbourgh, Senna cf. obtusifolia (L.) Irwin y Barneby, Chamaecrista cf. flexuosa (L) Greene; en Mimosoideae: Mimosa cf. flagellaris, Bentham, Mimosa sp., Prosopis sp. 1 y en Papiliodoideae: Desmodium cf. ascendens (Swart) De Candolle, cf. Desmodium sp. Eriosema sp.y Tipuanatipu (Bentham) Kuntze. Estas formas son comparadas con otras mencionadas en la literatura regional más antigua y se hacen algunas consideraciones taxonómicas. En base a las características de los taxones actuales, más afines a los datos sedimentológicos, de invertebrados y vertebrados fósiles, se infiere el predominio de ambientes abiertos y secos con vegetación xerófila y otros algo más húmedos con bosques ribereños, característicos de clima cálido. Abstract. FABACEAE FROM THE EL MORTERITO FORMATION (UPPER MIOCENE), VALLE DEL CAJÓN, CATAMARCA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA. Fabaceae leaves from the floral assemblage of the El Morterito Formation (Upper Miocene) from the valle del Cajón in Catamarca Province, Argentina, are described. The taxa are assigned to Caesalpinoideae: Senna cf. bicapsularis (L.) Rouxbourgh, Senna cf. obtusifolia (L.) Irwin and Barneby, Chamaecrista cf. flexuosa (L) Greene; to Mimosoideae: Mimosa cf. flagellaris, Bentham, Mimosa sp., Prosopis sp. 1; and to Papiliodoideae: Desmodium cf. ascendens (Swart) De Candolle, cf. Desmodium sp., Eriosema sp. and Tipuana tipu (Bentham) Kuntze. These species are compared with those treated in older literature and, also, some taxonomic considerations are made. Based on the characters of the most similar living taxa and additional sedimentological, invertebrate and vertebrate fossil data, an open dry environment with xerophytic vegetation is inferred, associated with more humid habitats with riparian forests, characteristic of a warm climate.Downloads
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