Insect trace fossils in glyptodonts from Uruguay. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Perea, Daniel; Verde, Mariano; Montenegro, Felipe; Toriño, Pablo; Manzuetti, Aldo; Roland, Guillermo
• Is Part Of: Ichnos. Volume 27:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 70
• Page End: 79
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Glyptodonts -- bioerosion trace fossils -- insects -- palaeoenvironments -- Cenozoic -- Uruguay; Ichnology -- Periodicals; Trace fossils -- Periodicals; 560.5
• DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2019.1584562
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1042-0940

Abstract

Abstract: The association of vertebrate remains and invertebrate traces, although less studied than other bioerosion traces, provides important paleoecological information. This report describes Cubiculum ornatum Roberts, Rogers, and Foreman 2007, Osteocallis Roberts, Rogers, and Foreman 2007 and other unidentified insect traces from the dermal skeletal remains of glyptodonts found in Uruguay. They come from the Fray Bentos Formation (Late Oligocene), the Camacho Formation (Late Miocene) and the Dolores Formation (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene). The reported traces were likely made by sarcosaprophagous beetles, which indicate depositional conditions with dry episodes in a warm climate for the referred stratigraphical units.