Chasicotatus was originally described as a monotypic genus based on Chasicotatus ameghinoi Scillato-Yané, 1979, from the upper member of Arroyo Chasicó Formation (Las Barrancas Member, late Chasicoan). An additional species, Chasicotatus peiranoi , was erected by Esteban and Nasif (1996).…

A radiocarbon date (7550 ± 60 yr 14C BP) was obtained from bone collagen of an extinct ground sloth (Scelidotherium leptocephalum) from the locality of Río Cuarto (Córdoba province, Argentina). The fossil remains were recovered from the La Invernada Formation…

Anenterotrema liliputianum (Travassos, 1928) (Anenterotrematidae) is redescribed based on the type specimens fromMolossus molossus (Pallas) and Phyllostomus elongatus (Geoffroy) from Brazil, and also on new specimens collected from the Dwarf Dog-faced Bat, Molossops temminckii (Burmeister) (Molossidae) in Argentina. In addition,…

Worldwide, the study of fold and thrust belts and characterization ofstructures are mainly carried out through superficial geological observations and seismic reflection, as the main geophysical prospecting method. In this study we show how the resistivity method is a useful…

Las Salinas sedimentary basin is located at 31° S and 67° W approximately, in the central-western part of Argentina. Its dimensions are 100 km long, about 50 km wide, plus an average altitude of 500 m above sea level. The…

The Arroyo Rojo deposit is the most important polymetallic, volcanic-hosted massive sulphide close to the town of Ushuaia in the rhyolitic belt of the Andes of the Tierra del Fuego. The deposit occurs in a region with north-verging thrusts and…