Revisão dos Testudines fósseis do cretáceo superior da Bacia Bauru, com a descrição preliminar de novo morfótipo

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Consequences of Early Late-Pleistocene Megadroughts in Tropical Africa

Extremely arid conditions in tropical Africa occurred in several discrete episodes between 135 and 90 ka, as demonstrated by lake core and seismic records from multiple basins [Scholz CA, Johnson TC, Cohen AS, King JW, Peck J, Overpeck JT, Talbot MR, Brown ET, Kalindekafe L,Amoako PYO, et al. (2007) Proc Natl Acad SciUSA104:16416–16421]. This resulted in extraordinarily low lake levels, even in Africa’s deepest lakes.On the basis of well dated paleoecological records from Lake Malawi, which reflect both local and regional conditions, we show that this aridity had severe consequences for terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. During the most arid phase, there was extremely low pollen production and limited charred-particle deposition, indicating insufficient vegetation to maintain substantial fires, and the Lake Malawi watershed experienced cool, semidesert conditions (<400 mm>/yr precipitation). Fossil and sedimentological data show that Lake Malawi itself, currently 706mdeep, was reduced to an ~125 m deep saline, alkaline, well mixed lake. This episode of aridity was far more extreme than any experienced in the Afrotropics during the Last Glacial Maximum (~35–15 ka). Aridity diminished after 95 ka, lake levels rose erratically, and salinity/alkalinity declined, reaching near-modern conditions after 60 ka. This record of lake levels and changing limnological conditions provides a framework for interpreting the evolution of the Lake Malawi fish and invertebrate species flocks. Moreover, this record, coupled with other regional records of early Late Pleistocene aridity, places new constraints on models of Afrotropical biogeographic refugia and early modern human population expansion into and out of tropical Africa.

WATER VAPOR CONDUCTANCE OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS DINOSAURIAN EGGS FROM SANAGASTA, LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA: PALEOBIOLOGICAL AND PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR SOUTH AMERICAN FAVEOLOOLITHID AND MEGALOOLITHID EGGS

The water vapor conductance (G(H20)) of the neosauropod eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Sanagasta nesting site in La Rioja Province, Argentina, was examined and compared with other Cretaceous Argentinean oological material. The 2900 mgH(2)O/day.Torr G(H2O) of the Sanagasta eggshells confirms an extremely moist nesting environment and supports field observations of dug-out nests in a geothermal setting. The observed thinning of the outer eggshell surface during incubation increases gas conductance and concomitantly decreases eggshell mechanical resistance during the late ontogenetic stages, thus facilitating embryonic development and hatching. The Sanagasta and Entre Rios Province faveoloolithid eggs display the highest and comparable 61120 values and share several morphological and diagenetic characters, indicating comparable nesting strategy in geothermal settings. However, the faveoloolithid Yamintie and La Pampa Province specimens cluster together with lower G(H20) values closer to the megaloolithid eggs. The Gnu) of the megaloolithid egg Megaloolithus patagonicus was reconsidered and new results are now congruent with other reported megaloolithid GH2O values. Additionally, we hypothesize that V-shaped pore canals of M. patagonicus, which upper sections reach only the top third or half eggshell thickness and, a wider section in the middle would not compromise the overall egg mechanical resistance like vertical pores connecting directly the outer to the inner eggshell surfaces. Such pore spatial arrangement and geometry would enhance, as the eggshell thins during incubation, a greater G(H2O), G(O2) and G(CO2) and facilitate embryonic development in high moisture nesting contents. Overall, data suggests that neosauropod nesting and brooding behaviors were dependent on elevated moisture nesting environments.

Autonomía universitaria e intervención política en la trayectoria de liderazgos y grupos académicos en Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata 1930-1955

Este trabajo estudia dos procesos relacionados en una institución universitaria. En la primera parte analiza las formas autónomas de organización institucional disciplinar producidas por profesores e investigadores del Instituto del Museo y Escuela Superior/Facultad de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata en el período 1935 y 1946. Y en la segunda parte estudia dos situaciones sociales -las intervenciones universitarias de los años 1946 y 1955- donde las políticas del Estado nacional produjeron cambios en las trayectorias de esos académicos. Exploraremos esas relaciones en los liderazgos y grupos académicos en geología, paleontología, zoología, botánica y antropología.

Autonomía universitaria e intervención política en la trayectoria de liderazgos y grupos académicos en Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata 1930-1955

Este trabajo estudia dos procesos relacionados en una institución universitaria. En la primera parte analiza las formas autónomas de organización institucional disciplinar producidas por profesores e investigadores del Instituto del Museo y Escuela Superior/Facultad de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata en el período 1935 y 1946. Y en la segunda parte estudia dos situaciones sociales -las intervenciones universitarias de los años 1946 y 1955- donde las políticas del Estado nacional produjeron cambios en las trayectorias de esos académicos. Exploraremos esas relaciones en los liderazgos y grupos académicos en geología, paleontología, zoología, botánica y antropología.

Autonomía universitaria e intervención política en la trayectoria de liderazgos y grupos académicos en Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata 1930-1955

Este trabajo estudia dos procesos relacionados en una institución universitaria. En la primera parte analiza las formas autónomas de organización institucional disciplinar producidas por profesores e investigadores del Instituto del Museo y Escuela Superior/Facultad de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata en el período 1935 y 1946. Y en la segunda parte estudia dos situaciones sociales -las intervenciones universitarias de los años 1946 y 1955- donde las políticas del Estado nacional produjeron cambios en las trayectorias de esos académicos. Exploraremos esas relaciones en los liderazgos y grupos académicos en geología, paleontología, zoología, botánica y antropología.

Microfossil occurrence in Pliocene-Quaternary sediments of the North Atlantic

Planktonic foraminiferal and nannoplankton stratigraphy of the Pliocene-Quatemary Sediments of the northern half of the Atlantic Ocean from the equator up to the Rockall Plateau and the Norwegian Sea, is considered. Lowlatitude zonations were used for the subdivision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Sediments of different climatic belts, and certain subglobal zonal units were recognized. Variations in the degree of resolution of the zonation in different latitudes were revealed; the resolution of zonal scales based on calcareous plankton diminishes northwards. Changes of taxonomic composition of the zonal foraminifer and nannoplankton assemblages within various latitudinal belts of the Atlantic were analyzed taking into consideration the influence of climatic factors and of local bionomic conditions. Correlation with the magnetostratigraphic time-scale permitted the establishment of the most reliable appearance and disappearance datums (datum planes) of planktonic foraminifer and nannoplankton species. Paleontologic plates demonstrate some guide forms of two groups of calcareous plankton, and a short description of the taxa is given in the text. Major stratigraphic problems of Pliocene and Quaternary marine deposits are discussed. The monograph can be used in different geological investigations by specialists in geology, paleontology, and oceanology.

Das Säntisgebirge untersucht und dargestellt

Mode of access: Internet.

A Catalogue of the organic remains of the County of Wilts /

Mode of access: Internet.

Explication de la carte géologique de la France.

Vol. 3, pt. 2 and text of v. 4, pt. 1 never published.

Memoirs of the Royal Society of South Australia.

Some vols. have also a distinctive title.

Mémoires de la Société géologique de France

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual report for ... with accompanying papers /

Published: The State of Iowa, <-1943->

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.

Comprises articles on geology, paleontology, mammalogy, ornithology, entomology and anthropology.

Bulletin /

No. 11 (1933) reprinted in 1956.