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Miospores and chlorococcalean algae from the Los Rastros Formation, Middle to Upper Triassic of central-western Argentina
Eduardo G. Ottone, Adriana C. Mancuso and Magdalena Resano
Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón n° 2, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina. [email protected][email protected][email protected]
Abstract. Lacustrine strata of the Los Rastros Formation (Middle to Upper Triassic) at Río Gualo section (La Rioja province), yield a distinctive palynological assemblage of miospores and chlorococcalean algae. The miospore association is characterized by a relative abundance of corystosperm pollen grains with subordinate inaperturates, diploxylonoid disaccates, spores, monocolpates, monosaccates and striate pollen grains. The phytoplankton are mostly represented by Botryococcus but also by Plaesiodictyon , a form probably related to the Hydrodictyaceae. Geological data and variations in phytoplankton content indicate that the lacustrine system probably evolved from a stretcht of freshwater with eutrophic conditions, into a body with oligotrophic conditions through the middle and upper part of the Río Gualo section. The genus Variapollenites is emended in order to amplify its original diagnosis.
Key words. Argentina. Triassic. Miospores and chlorococcalean algae. Systematics. Lacustrine environment.
Ameghiniana, Mar./June 2005, vol.42, no.2, p.347-362. An Open Access Article.
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