Biotic recovery after the end-Triassic extinction event: Evidence from marine bivalves of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

We analyze the Late Triassic extinction and Early Jurassic recovery of bivalve faunas within marine environments in the Atuel River area of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Data were collected from a hundred samples with invertebrates in a well-exposed uppermost Triassic to lower Jurassic section in th...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Damborenea, Susana Ester, Echevarría, Javier, Ros Franch, Sonia
Formato: Articulo Preprint
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/108499
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018217306946
Aporte de:
id I19-R120-10915-108499
record_format dspace
institution Universidad Nacional de La Plata
institution_str I-19
repository_str R-120
collection SEDICI (UNLP)
language Inglés
topic Ciencias Naturales
Triassic/Jurassic crisis
Rhaetian
Hettangian
Sinemurian
marine benthonic diversity
South America
diversity dynamics
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Triassic/Jurassic crisis
Rhaetian
Hettangian
Sinemurian
marine benthonic diversity
South America
diversity dynamics
Damborenea, Susana Ester
Echevarría, Javier
Ros Franch, Sonia
Biotic recovery after the end-Triassic extinction event: Evidence from marine bivalves of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Triassic/Jurassic crisis
Rhaetian
Hettangian
Sinemurian
marine benthonic diversity
South America
diversity dynamics
description We analyze the Late Triassic extinction and Early Jurassic recovery of bivalve faunas within marine environments in the Atuel River area of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Data were collected from a hundred samples with invertebrates in a well-exposed uppermost Triassic to lower Jurassic section in the Neuquén Basin (southern Mendoza Province, Argentina) and allow a high-resolution reconstruction of the local diversity dynamics. The nearly continuous presence of marine stenohaline major taxa such as cnidarians, rhynchonelliform brachiopods, echinoderms and cephalopods indicates normal salinity throughout. All bivalve species were identified, and each occurrence was recorded in meters above the base. To analyze the systematic diversity trends, diversity curves were calculated on the basis of the first and last occurrence data for each bivalve species, and both total diversity and boundary crossers diversity were used. As a result, four main phases were identified: a) Triassic equilibrium phase (Rhaetian), with relatively high origination and extinction rates; b) extinction phase (latest Rhaetian to earliest Hettangian), with high extinction rates and low origination rates; c) recovery phase (late Early to early Late Hettangian), with high origination rates and almost null extinction rates; and d) Jurassic equilibrium phase (Late Hettangian-Sinemurian), again with similar and relatively high origination and extinction rates. The extinction and recovery phases are separated by a gap of about 135 m without identifiable benthonic invertebrates but with early Hettangian ammonites. On the other hand, bivalve palaeoecologic diversity seems to have been more homogeneous along the section, being dominated by attached epifaunal species, though before the extinction epifaunal habits were slightly surpassed by infaunal ones. Slight differences observed include a) shallow burrowers were more diverse during the Rhaetian than during the earliest Jurassic and b) epifaunal free-lying and semi-infaunal attached bivalves were more diverse after the Rhaetian extinction.
format Articulo
Preprint
author Damborenea, Susana Ester
Echevarría, Javier
Ros Franch, Sonia
author_facet Damborenea, Susana Ester
Echevarría, Javier
Ros Franch, Sonia
author_sort Damborenea, Susana Ester
title Biotic recovery after the end-Triassic extinction event: Evidence from marine bivalves of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
title_short Biotic recovery after the end-Triassic extinction event: Evidence from marine bivalves of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
title_full Biotic recovery after the end-Triassic extinction event: Evidence from marine bivalves of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
title_fullStr Biotic recovery after the end-Triassic extinction event: Evidence from marine bivalves of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Biotic recovery after the end-Triassic extinction event: Evidence from marine bivalves of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
title_sort biotic recovery after the end-triassic extinction event: evidence from marine bivalves of the neuquén basin, argentina
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/108499
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018217306946
work_keys_str_mv AT damboreneasusanaester bioticrecoveryaftertheendtriassicextinctioneventevidencefrommarinebivalvesoftheneuquenbasinargentina
AT echevarriajavier bioticrecoveryaftertheendtriassicextinctioneventevidencefrommarinebivalvesoftheneuquenbasinargentina
AT rosfranchsonia bioticrecoveryaftertheendtriassicextinctioneventevidencefrommarinebivalvesoftheneuquenbasinargentina
bdutipo_str Repositorios
_version_ 1764820443749941251