ARGENTINA

Asensio, M., Cornou, M.E., Malumián, N., Martínez, M. and Quattrocchio, M. 2010. Formación Río Foyel, Oligoceno de la Cuenca de Ñirihuau: la transgresión pacífica en la Cordillera Norpatagónica. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 66(3): 399-405.

Barreda, V., Palazzesi, L., Tellería, M.C., Katinas, L. and  Crisci, J. 2010. Fossil pollen indicates an explosive radiation of basal Asteracean lineages and allies families during Oligocene and Miocene times in the Southern Hemisphere. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 160: 102-110.

Barreda, V., Palazzesi, L., Tellería, M.C., Katinas, L., Crisci, J., Bremer, K., Passalia, M.G., Corsolini, R., Rodríguez-Brizuela, R. and Bechis, F. 2010. Eocene Patagonia fossils of the Daisy Family. Science 329 (5999): 1621.

Casadío, S., Campbell, N., Taylor, P., Griffin, M., Gordon, D. 2010. West Antarctic Rift system: a possible New Zealand-Patagonia Oligocene paleobiogeographic  link. Ameghiniana 47(1): 129-132.

Cerdeño, E., Reguero, M., Vera, B. 2010. Deseadan Archaeohyracidae (Notoungulata) from Quebrada Fiera (Mendoza, Argentina) in the paleobiogeographic context of the South American Late Oligocene. Journal of Paleontology 84: 1177-1187.

Ciccioli, P., Limarino, C., Marenssi, S., Tedesco, A. and Tripaldi, A. 2010. Estratigrafía de la Cuenca de Vinchina (Terciario), Sierras Pampeanas, Provincia de La Rioja. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 66 (1-2): 146-155.

Cuitiño, J. and Scasso, R. 2010. Sedimentología y paleoambientes del Patagoniano y su transición a la Formación Santa Cruz al Sur del lago Argentino, Patagonia Austral. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 66(3): 406-417.

Del Papa, C., Kirschbaum, A., Powell, J., Brod, A., Hongn, F. and Pimentel, M. 2010. Sedimentological, geochemichal and paleontological insights applied to continental omission surfaces: A new approach for reconstructing an Eocene foreland basin in NW Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 29(2): 327-345.

Escoteguy, L. and Franchi, M. 2010. Estratigrafía de la región de Chapelco, Provincia del Neuquén. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 66(3): 418-429.

Guerstein, G. R. and Daners, G. 2010. Distribución de Enneadocysta (Dinoflagellata) en el Paleógeno del Atlántico sudoccidental: implicancias paleoceanográficas. Ameghiniana 47(4): 461-478.

Krause, J., Bellosi, E. and Raigemborn, M. S. 2010. Laterized tephric palaeosols from Central Patagonia, Argentina: a southern high-latitude archive of Palaeogene global greenhouse conditions. Sedimentology 57(7): 1721-1749.

Litvak, V. and Poma, S. 2010. Geochemistry of mafic Paleocene volcanic rocks in the Valle del Cura región: Implications for the petrogenesis of primary mantle-derived melts over the Pampean flat-slab. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 29(3): 705-716.

Malumián, N. y Jannou, G.  2010. Los Andes Fueguinos: el registro micropaleontológico de los mayores acontecimientos paleooceanográficos australes del Campaniano al Mioceno. Andean Geology 37(2): 345-374.

Martínez, L. and Pujana, R. 2010. Sobre la presencia de Resinaxylon schinusoides Pujana en la Formación San Julián (Oligoceno), Santa Cruz, Patagonia argentina. Ameghiniana 47(4): 535-539.

Olivero, E.B., López C., M.I., Malumián, N. and Torres Carbonell, P.J. 2010. Eocene graphoglyptids from shallow-marine, high energy, organic-rich, and bioturbated turbidites, Fuegian Andes, Argentina. Acta Geologica Polonica 60 (1): 77-91.

Payrola Bosio, P., del Papa, C., Hongn, F. and Powell, J. 2010. Estratigrafía del valle de Luracatao (Valle Calchaquí, Noroeste argentino): nueva propuesta. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 67(3): 309-318.

Raigemborn, M., Krause, J., Bellosi, E. and Matheos, S. 2010. Redefinición estratigráfica del Grupo Río Chico (Paleógeno inferior), en el norte de la cuenca del Golfo San Jorge, Chubut. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 67(2): 239-256.

Sánchez, M. and Marquillas, R. 2010. Facies y ambientes del Grupo Salta (Cretácico-Paleógeno) en Tumbaya, Quebrada de Humahuaca, Provincia de Jujuy.  Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 67(3): 383-391.

Sánchez, M. V., Laza, J. H., Bellosi, E. S., Genise, J. F. 2010. Ichnostratigraphy of middle Cenozoic Coprinisphaera from central Patagonia: Insights into the evolution of dung beetles, herbivores and grass-dominated habitats. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 297: 633-648.

Vera, E. 2010. Oligocene ferns from the Rancahué Formation (Aluminé, Neuquén, Argentina): Cuyenopteris patagoniensis nov. gen., nov. sp. (Polypodiales: Blechnaceae/Dryopteridaceae) and Alsophicaulis calveloi Menéndez emend. Vera (Cyathales: Cyathaceae). Geobios 43(4): 465-478.

Wilf, P., Singer, B., Zamaloa, M.C., Johnson, K. and Cúneo, N. 2010. Early Eocene 40Ar/39Ar age for the Pampa de Jones plant, frog and insect biota (Huitrera Formation, Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina). Ameghiniana 47(2): 207-216.

Zahid, K.M. and Barbeau, D.L. 2010. Provenance of eastern Magallanes foreland basin sediments: Heavy mineral analysis reveals Paleogene tectonic unroofing of the Fuegian Andes hinterland. Sedimentary Geology 229 (1-2): 64-74.

Books

Madden, R.H., Carlini, A.A., Vucetich, M.G. and Kay, R.F. 2010. The Paleontology of Gran Barranca. Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia. Cambridge University Press, 458pp.
Contents:
Preface. R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich and R. F. Kay.

1. Notes toward a history of vertebrate paleontology at Gran Barranca. R. H. Madden and A. Scarano.

GEOLOGY

2. Physical stratigraphy of the Sarmiento Formation (middle Eocene – early Miocene) at Gran Barranca, central Patagonia. E. S. Bellosi.

3. Paleomagnetism and magnetostratigraphy of the Sarmiento Formation (Eocene-Miocene) at Gran Barranca, Chubut, Argentina. G. H. Ré, S. E. Geuna and J. F. Vilas.

4. A geochronology for the Sarmiento Formation at Gran Barranca. G. H. Ré, E. S. Bellosi, M. Heizler, J. F. Vilas, R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, R. F. Kay and M. G. Vucetich.

SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY

5. Middle Eocene- Oligocene gastropods of the Sarmiento Formation, central Patagonia. S. E. Miquel and E. S. Bellosi.

6. Middle Tertiary marsupials from central Patagonia (early Oligocene of Gran Barranca): understanding South America’s Grande Coupure F. J. Goin, M. A. Abello and L. Chornogubsky.

7. Paleogene Cingulata (Xenarthra) of southern South America: biostratigraphy and palaeoecology. A. A. Carlini, G. J. Scillato-Yané and M. Ciancio.

8. The “Condylarth” Didolodontidae from Gran Barranca: History of the bunodont South American Mammals until the Eocene-Oligocene Transition. J. N. Gelfo.

9. The Notohippidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from Gran Barranca: Preliminary considerations. G. M. López.

10. Rodent-like notoungulates (Typotheria) from Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina. Phylogeny and systematics. M. A. Reguero and F. J. Prevosti.

11. The Leontiniidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Sarmiento Formation at Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina. A. M. Ribeiro, G. M. López and M. Bond.

12. Colhuehuapian Astrapotheriidae (Mammalia) from Gran Barranca south of Lake Colhue Huapi. A. G. Kramarz and M. Bond.

13. The rodents from La Cantera and the early evolution of caviomorphs In South America. M. G. Vucetich, E. C. Vieytes and A. A. Carlini.

14. Colhuehuapian rodents from Gran Barranca and other Patagonian localities: the state of the art. M. G. Vucetich, A. G. Kranarz and A. M. Candela.

15. A new primate from the early Miocene of Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina: Paleoecological implications. R. F. Kay.

16. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Gran Barranca (early Miocene, Colhuehuapian), Chubut Province, Argentina. N. J. Czaplewski.

PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

17. The Mustersan age at Gran Barranca: a review. M. Bond and C. M. Deschamps.

18. A new mammal fauna at the top of the Gran Barranca sequence and its biochronological significance. A. G. Kramarz, M. G. Vucetich, A. A. Carlini, M. A. Abello, C. M. Deschamps and J. N. Gelfo.

19. Loessic and fluvial sedimentation in Sarmiento Formation pyroclastics of the middle Cenozoic of central Patagonia. E. S. Bellosi.

20. Paleosols of the Middle Cenozoic Sarmiento Formation, Central Patagonia. E. S. Bellosi and M. G. González.

21. Ichnofacies analysis of the Sarmiento Formation (middle Eocene-early Miocene) At Gran Barranca, Central Patagonia E. Bellosi, J. H. Laza, M. V. Sánchez and J. F. Genise.

22. Phytolith analysis of Gran Barranca Member (Middle-Late Eocene): its importance for understanding the origins of grass-dominated ecosystems in South American paleofloras. A. Zucol, M. Brea and E. Bellosi.

23. Stable isotopes of fossil teeth and bones at Gran Barranca as a monitor of climate change and tectonics. M. J. Kohn, A. Zanazzi and J. A. Josef.

24. Hypsodonty and body size in rodent like notoungulates. M. A. Reguero, A. M. Candela and G. H. Cassini.

REGIONAL APPLICATIONS

25. Vegetation during the Eocene – Miocene interval in central Patagonia: a context of mammal evolution. V. Barreda and L. Palazzesi.

26. Paleogene climatic and biotic events in the terrestrial record of the Antarctic Peninsula: an overview M. A. Reguero and S. A. Marenssi.

27. Mid Cenozoic palaeoclimatic and palaeoceanographic trends in the southwestern Atlantic basins, a dinoflagellate view. G. R. Guerstein, M. V. Guler, H. Brinkhuis and J. Warnaar.

28. Divisaderan Land mammal Age or local fauna? G. M. López.

SUMMARY

29. Summary chapter and taxon list. R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich and R. F. Kay.

ARGENTINA/PARAGUAY

Comin-Chiaramonti, P., Lucassen, F., Girardi, V., DeMin, A. and Gomes, C.B. 2010. Lavas and their mantle xenoliths from intracratonic eastern Paraguay (South America Platform) and Andean domain, NW-Argentina: A comparative review. Mineralogy and Petrology 98(1-2): 143-165.

ANTARTICA

Fontes, D. and Dutra, T. 2010. Paleogene imbricate-leaved podocarps from King George Island (Antarctica): assesing the geological context and botanical affinities. Rev. Bras. Paleontol. 13(3): 189-204.

BRAZIL

Dos Santos, D.B., García, M.J., Saad, A.R. and Bistrichi, C.A. 2010. Palinoestratigrafía da Formacao Itaquaquecetuba, Bacia de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Rev. Bras. Paleontol. 13 (3): 205-220.

Paglarelli Bergqvist, L. 2010. Deciduous premolars of Paleocene Litopterns of Sao José de Itaboarai Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Journal of Paleontology 84: 858-867.

Tavora, V., Paixao, G. and Silva, F. 2010. Consideracoes filogenéticas e biogeografía histórica dos malacostráceos (decápodos e isópodos) cenozoicos do Brasil. Rev. Bras. de Geociencias 40(1): 47-58.

COLOMBIA

Bayona, German; Montes, Camilo; Cardona, Agustin; Jaramillo, Carlos; Ojeda, German; Valencia, Victor.  2010 Intraplate basin response to oceanic-arc collision and subsequent subduction-related continental magmatism; a case from the southern Caribbean-South America plate margin. Basin Research, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00495.x.

Billet, G., Orliac, M., Antoine, P.O., and Jaramillo, C. 2010 New observations and interpretation on the enigmatic taxon Colombitherium (?Pyrotheria, Mammalia).  Palaeontology, 53: 319-325.

Cadena, E., Bloch, J., Jaramillo, C. 2010 New Podocnemidid turtle (Testudines; Pleurodira) from the middle–late Paleocene of tropical South America.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30: 367–382.

Cardona, A., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V., Bayona, G., Duque, J., Jaramillo, C., Montes, C., and Ojeda, G.  2010 Turonian to Eocene accretion and subduction in the Santa Marta massif and Rancheria Basin, Colombia: Implications for Northern Andean Orogeny.  Terranova doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00979.x

Correa, E., Jaramillo, C., Manchester, S. and Gutierrez, M. 2010 A fruit and leaves of Rhamnaceous affinities from the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Colombia.  American Journal of Botany 97: 71-79.

Espitia, A., Vargas, M.C., Arenas, J.E., Jaramillo, C.A., Rueda, C., and Duque-Caro, H. 2010. Palynomorphs and foraminifera from Colombia housed in the systematic collections of Ecopetrol-ICP.  Revista Española de Micropaleontología 42: 373-380.

Hasting, A., Bloch, J., Cadena, E., and Jaramillo, C. 2010. A new small short-snouted Dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of northeastern Colombia.Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30: 139-162.
Hoorn, C., Wesselingh, F., Steege, H.t., Mora, A., Sevink, J., Sanmartin, I., Sanchez-Meseguer, A., Anderson, C.L., Figueiredo, J., Jaramillo, C., Riff, D., Negri, F.R., Hooghiemstra, H., Lundberg, J.G., Stadler, T., Sarkinen, T., and Antonelli, A., 2010, Amazonia through time: Andean uplift, climate change, landscape evolution and biodiversity: Science 330: 927-931.

Jaramillo, C., Ochoa, D., Contreras, L., Pagani, M., Carvajal-Ortiz, H., Pratt, L.M., Krishnan, S., Cardona, A., Romero, M., Quiroz, L., Rodriguez, G., Rueda, M., De la Parra, F., Moron, S., Green, W., Bayona, G., Montes, C., Quintero, O., Ramirez, R., Mora, A., Schouten, S., Bermudez, H., Navarrete, R.E., Parra, F., Alvaran, M., Osorno, J., Crowley, J.L., Valencia, V., and Vervoort, J., 2010, Effects of Rapid Global Warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary on Neotropical Vegetation: Science 330: 957-961.

Jaramillo, C., Rueda. M. and Parra, F. 2010. A Morphological Electronic Database of Cretaceous-Tertiary and Extant pollen and spores from Northern South America.  http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/jaramillo2/palynomorph/.

Jaramillo, C., Hoorn, C., Silva, S., Leite, F., Herrera, F., Quiroz, L., Dino, R., and Antonioli, L. 2010 The origin of the modern Amazon rainforest: implications from the palynological and paleobotanical record.  In: Hoorn, M.C. and Wesselingh, F.P. (Eds.) Amazonia, Landscape and Species Evolution. Blackwell, Oxford: 317-334.

Mejía-Molina, A., Flores, J., Torres, V. and Sierra, F. 2010. Distribution of calcareous nannofossils in Upper Eocene – Upper Miocene deposits from northern Colombia and the Caribbean Sea. Revista Española de Micropaleontología 42(3): 279-300.

Montes, C., Guzman, G., Bayona, G., Cardona, A., Valencia, V., and Jaramillo, C. 2010 Clockwise Rotation of the Santa Marta Massif and Simultaneous Paleogene to Neogene Deformation of the Plato-San Jorge and Cesar-Ranchería Basins.  Journal of South American Earth Sciences 29: 832–848.

Mora, A., Parra, M., Strecker, M.R. Sobel, E.R., Zeilinger, G., Jaramillo, C., Da Silva, S., and Blanco, M. 2010 The Foothills of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia. An example of multiple factors controlling structural styles and active tectonics. Geological Society of America Bulletin 122:1846-1864.

Parra, M., Mora, A., Jaramillo, C., Torres, V., Zeilinger, G., and Strecker, M. 2010 Tectonic controls on Cenozoic foreland basin development in the north-eastern Andes, Colombia. Basin Research 22: 874-903.

COSTA RICA

Buchs, D.M., Guex, J. Stucki, J and Baumgartner, P. 2010. Paleocene Thalassinidea colonization in deep-sea environmente and the coprolite Palaxius osaensis n. ichnsp. in Southern Costa Rica. Revue de Micropaleontologie 52(2): 123-129.

CHILE

Le Roux, J., Puratich, J., Mourgues, F., Oyarzún, J., Otero, R., Torres, T. and Hervé, F. 2010. Estuary deposits in the Río Baguales Formation  (Chattian-Aquitanian), Magallanes Province, Chile. Andean Geology 37(2): 329-344.

Piquer, J. , Castelli, J., Charrier, R., Yáñez, G. 2010. El Cenozoico del alto río Teno, Cordillera Principal, Chile central: estratigrafía, plutonismo y su relación con estructuras profundas. Andean Geology 37(1): 32-53.

Radic, J. C. 2010. Las cuencas cenozoicas y su control en el volcanismo de los Complejos Nevados de Chillán y Copahue-Callaqui  (Andes del Sur, 36-39S). Andean Geology 37(1): 220-246.

Sallaberry, M.a., Yury-Yáñez, R.E., Otero, R.A., Soto-Acuña, S. and Torres, T.G. 2010. Eocene birds from the Western margin of southernmost South America. Journal of Paleontology 84(6): 1061-1070.

Sánchez, A., Pavlishina, P., Godoy, E., Hervé, F., Fanning, C. 2010. Acerca de la presencia de rocas del Paleoceno Superior en la sucesión de antepaís de Cabo Nariz, Tierra del Fuego, Chile: geología y nuevos datos palinológicos. Andean Geology 37(2): 413-432.

URUGUAY

Tófalo, O.R. and Pazos, P.  2010. Paleoclimatic implications (late Cretaceous-Paleogene) from micromorphology of calcretes, palustrine limestones and silcretes, southern Paraná Basin, Uruguay. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 29(3): 665-675.