Ichnology of the Lowlands of South America: Paleoichnological Studies in Continental Cenozoic Rocks.

Intro
Contents
About the Author
1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Geological Context
1.2.1 The Territory
1.2.2 The Sedimentary Units
1.2.3 Paleosols
1.2.4 Chronology
References
2 The Paleontological Context. Ichnology
2.1 Scheme of Continental Ichnofacies
2.2 The Ichnological Record in the Cenozoic of Pampasia
2.2.1 Vertebrate Footprints (Fig. 2.3a and b)
2.2.2 Coprolites (Fig. 2.4)
2.2.3 Gastroliths, Enteroliths or Bezoars (Fig. 2.5)
2.2.4 Egagropiles (Fig. 2.6)
2.2.5 Krotovinas (Fig. 2.7a, b, and c)
2.2.6 Rhizolites (Fig. 2.8)

2.2.7 Crabs and Their Signs of Activity (Fig. 2.9a, b)
2.2.8 Activity of Dermestids
2.2.9 Smooth and Meniscated Tubes (Fig. 2.10a, b)
2.2.10 Castrichnus Incolumis Verde et al. (2006) (Fig. 2.11)
2.2.11 Edaphichnium Bown and Kraus 1983 (Fig. 2.12)
2.2.12 Mima-Type Mounds
2.3 Insect Nests in Paleosols
2.3.1 Ichnofamily Celliformidae Genise 2000
2.3.2 Ichnofamily Krausichnidae Genise 2004
2.3.3 Ichnogenus and Ichnospecies Found in Pampasia
References
3 Faunistic Associations and Climatic Events During the Pan-Araucanian Cycle
3.1 Chasicoan (Fig. 3.1)

3.2 Huayquerian (Fig. 3.2)
3.3 Montehermosan (Fig. 3.3a, b)
3.4 Chapadmalalan (Fig. 3.4)
3.5 Marplatan
3.5.1 Barrancalobian Sub-stage (Fig. 3.5)
3.6 Marplatan
3.6.1 Vorohuan Sub-stage (Fig. 3.6)
3.7 Marplatan
3.7.1 Sanandresian Sub-stage
3.8 Faunistic Associations and Climatic Events During the Pan-Pampean Cycle
3.8.1 Ensenadan (Fig. 3.7a, b)
3.8.2 Marine Transgressions in the Pleistocene
3.8.3 Bonaerian (Fig. 3.8a, b and c)
3.8.4 Lujanian (Fig. 3.10)
3.8.5 Pleistocene Extinctions and the Arrival of Man
3.8.6 Holocene Marine Ingressions (Fig. 3.11)

3.8.7 Platan (Fig. 3.12)
References
Conclusions