TITLE:
“Conchostracan” Records from Western Gondwana Related to Cretaceous Palaeoclimatic Features
AUTHORS:
Oscar Gallego, Nora Cabaleri, Claudia Armella, Mateo Monferran, Victoria Jiménez, Iracema Zacarías, Diego Silva Nieto
KEYWORDS:
“Conchostraca”, Cretaceous, Climate, Fossil Record, South America
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.9 No.10,
September
23,
2019
ABSTRACT: Cretaceous System is widely represented in South America. “Conchostracans” are best represented with 47 early Cretaceous species and only 5 Late Cretaceous ones. Its warm climate with rainfall and marked seasonality allowed the development of the “conchostracan” populations. This information shows that more detailed analysis between climate and “conchostracan” records is needed to reconstruct environments in the Cretaceous times.