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Briofitas fósiles del Grupo Sorocayense (Triásico Medio), Provincia de San Juan, Centro-Oeste de Argentina

Authors: Savoretti, María Adolfina; Bodnar, Josefina; Coturel, Eliana Paula; Beltrán, Marisol;

Briofitas fósiles del Grupo Sorocayense (Triásico Medio), Provincia de San Juan, Centro-Oeste de Argentina

Abstract

En este trabajo se describen fósiles de hepáticas, musgos y formas talosas de afinidad desconocida provenientes de las formaciones Barreal y Cortaderita, Grupo Sorocayense, Triásico Medio, aflorantes en el depocentro de Barreal, sudoeste de la provincia de San Juan. Los ejemplares corresponden a impresiones-compresiones de gametofitos y esporofitos, preservadas en niveles de arcilitas, limolitas y areniscas limosas tobáceas y bentoníticas. Las formas talosas corresponden a talos dicotómicos simples sin evidencia de línea media asignados al género Thallites. Entre las hepáticas, se identificaron un nuevo género y dos nuevas especies. Ricciellites unsaltoensis gen. et sp. nov se caracteriza por un talo que forma rosetas parciales, con línea media marcada, células poligonales, poros aeríferos rodeados por un anillo de células, esporofitos inmersos en el gametofito y escamas ventrales dispuestas en dos hileras. Ricciopsis cortaderitaensis sp. nov. presenta talos en roseta, con línea media marcada, células poligonales y rizoides. En cuanto a los musgos, se reconocieron dos formas asignables a Muscites. Se caracterizan por presentar ejes delicados, no ramificados, con hojas lanceoladas y costa simple. Muscites sp. 1 está representada por varios especímenes dispuestos en un cojín laxo, mientras que Muscites sp. 2 corresponde a ejemplares aislados. Los fósiles estudiados representan la primera evidencia inequívoca de musgos y hepáticas para el Triásico Medio de la Argentina. Dado que los registros de megafósiles de briofitas de edad triásica son escasos (31 a nivel mundial, tres registros confirmados en Argentina), estos hallazgos incrementan de manera significativa el conocimiento del grupo.

We describe fossil liverworts, mosses, and thallose forms of unknown affinity from the Barreal and Cortaderita formations (Sorocayense Group, Middle Triassic) in the Barreal depocenter, southwestern San Juan Province. The specimens are impressions-compressions of gametophytes and sporophytes, preserved in claystones, siltstones, and tuffaceous and bentonitic silty sandstones. The thallose forms consist of dichotomous simple thalli lacking evidence of a midrib and are assigned to the genus Thallites. Within the liverworts, we identified a new genus and two new species. Ricciellites unsaltoensis gen. et sp. nov. is characterized by thalli forming partial rosettes with distinct midrib, polygonal cells, air pores surrounded by a ring of cells, enclosed sporophytes, and ventral scales arranged in two rows. Ricciopsis cortaderitaensis sp. nov. has thalli forming rosettes, with distinct midrib, polygonal cells, and rhizoids. We also describe two types of acrocarpous mosses assignable to the genus Muscites. They are characterized by delicate unbranched axes with lanceolate unicostate leaves. Muscites sp. 1 is represented by several specimens arranged in a loose cushion, while Muscites sp. 2 corresponds to isolated specimens. Together, these fossils represent the first unequivocal evidence of mosses and liverworts for the Middle Triassic of Argentina. Given the scarcity of bryophyte megafossils of Triassic age worldwide (31 worldwide, three confirmed records for Argentina), these findings add significantly to the bryophyte fossil record.

Fil: Savoretti, María Adolfina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego. Instituto de Ciencias Polares, Recursos Naturales y Ambiente; Argentina

Fil: Coturel, Eliana Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Área Paleobotánica; Argentina

Fil: Bodnar, Josefina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Área Paleobotánica; Argentina

Fil: Beltrán, Marisol. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Área Paleobotánica; Argentina

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RICCIELLITES, MESOZOIC, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5, RICCIOPSIS, CUYO BASIN, MUSCITES, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1, THALLITES

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