Quaternary mollusc assemblages from the lower basin of Salado River, Buenos Aires Province Their use as paleoenvironmental indicators》.pdf

Quaternary International xxx (2015) 1e12 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Quaternary International journal homepage: /locate/quaint Quaternary mollusc assemblages from the lower basin of Salado River, Buenos Aires Province: Their use as paleoenvironmental indicators M.F. Pisano a, b, *, E.E. Fucks c a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina b CONICET, Argentina b Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, UNLP Argentina a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Quaternary mollusc assemblages preserved in the Salado basin are described and analyzed in order to Available online xxx reconstruct past environments and evaluate spatial and temporal variations. Five localities were analyzed, in which 48,998 individuals of eight continental gastropod species were recovered: Heleobia Keywords: parchappii , Antillorbis nordestensis , Biomphalaria peregrina, Drepanotrema heloicum, Uncancylus concen- Gastropod assemblages tricus, Pomacea canaliculata, Succinea meridionalis and Miradiscops brasiliensis. As well, other species Quaternary typical of marine-estuarine environments have been found, among which Heleobia australis is high- Freshwater lighted. Based on changes in the composition and abundance of the assemblages, different environments Salado River Paleoenvironments