Extinct and extant sand dollars (Clypeasteroida: Echinoidea) from Uruguay

 

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Autores: Martínez, Sergio, Moor, Rich
פורמט: artículo original
סטטוס:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2005
תיאור:We summarize information concerning Recent and Pleistocene-Holocene Uruguayan sand dollars (Mellitidae), as well as Miocene taxa (Monophorasteridae). Recent and Pleistocene-Holocene species (Encope emarginata, Mellita quinquiesperforata, and Leodia sexisperforata) are at their southernmost limits of distribution, with only E. emarginata recorded further south than Uruguay. Lower temperatures to the south, and/or the Rio de la Plata salinity barrier are suggested as controlling factors of these distributions. During the Miocene, the sea temperatures were notably higher than at present, and it was at this time that the extinct genera Monophoraster and Amplaster reached their maximum diversity in Uruguay. The family Monophorasteridae is the basal sister group of the Mellitidae. Rev. Biol. Trop. 53(Suppl. 3): 1-7. Epub 2006 Jan 30.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
מוסד:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
שפה:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/26662
גישה מקוונת:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/26662
מילת מפתח:Echinoidea
Monophorasteridae
Mellitidae
Tertiary
Uruguay
Monophasteridae
Terciario