Lagartos iguanios del Colhuehuapense (Mioceno Temprano) de Gaiman (provincia del Chubut, Argentina)
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Resumen. Los sedimentos del Mioceno Temprano de la Formación Sarmiento en Gaiman, provincia del Chubut (Argentina) han provisto una de las más importantes colecciones de escamosos del Mioceno, incluyendo iguanios, teidos, boideos y colúbridos. En este trabajo se describen restos fragmentarios de iguanios asignados a los actuales Pristidactylus y Liolaemus, constituyendo los registros más antiguos para estos géneros. Los cambios climáticos y ambientales ocurridos durante el Neógeno en las áreas patagónicas habrían impactado diferencialmente sobre la fauna de escamosos, produciendo la retracción en la distribución de los teidos tupinambinos y las serpientes boideas y, contrariamente, la diversificación de los iguanios a ambos lados de los Andes. Abstract. IGUANIAN LIZARDS FROM THE COLHUEHUAPIAN (EARLY MIOCENE) OF GAIMAN, (CHUBUT PROVINCE,ARGENTINA). The Early Miocene beds of the Sarmiento Formation at Gaiman, Chubut Province (Argentina) have provided one of the most relevant collection of Miocene squamates, including iguanians, teiids, boids, and colubrids. Fragmentary remains assigned to the extant iguanians Pristidactylus and Liolaemus are here described, representing the earliest records of these genera. Climatic and environmental changes occurred during the Neogene in Patagonian areas would have influenced differentially the squamate fauna, producing the retraction in the distribution of tupinambine teiids and boid snakes, and, in contrast, the diversification of iguanians on both sides of the Andes.Downloads
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