Special Issue dedicated to Francisco Hervé: Global tectonic processes of the ancient southwestern Gondwana margin in South America and the Antarctic Peninsula
Edited by:
- Mauricio Calderón, PhD, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
- Paula Castillo, PhD, Universität Münster, Deutschland
- Robert Pankhurst, PhD ScD, United Kingdom
Submission status: Extended until September 30, 2025
Special Issue: Geoethics in Chile and Latin America - Contextual reflections for responsible geoscience
Edited by:
- Luisa Pinto, Universidad de Chile
- Hernán Bobadilla, Politecnico di Milano
- Tania Villaseñor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Pablo Ramírez, Universidad de Chile
- Millarca Valenzuela, Universidad Católica del Norte
Submission status: Open between August 15, 2025, and March 31, 2026
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2290 (C1425FQB), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina
Alberto L. Cione
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2290 (C1425FQB), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina
David E. Tineo
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2290 (C1425FQB), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas (CONICET-UNLP), Diagonal 113 No. 275, B1904DPK, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina
Leandro M. Pérez
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2290 (C1425FQB), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
División Paleozoología Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata, FCNyM, Anexo I, B1900FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina
Martín Iribarne
GeoPark, Florida 981, 1er piso, C1005, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires,, Argentina Argentina
Miguel A. Allcca Torres
Independent Consultant Argentina
Daniel G. Poiré
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2290 (C1425FQB), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas (CONICET-UNLP), Diagonal 113 No. 275, B1904DPK, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina
The first Peruvian record of Enchodus (Actinopterygii, Aulopiformes, Enchodontidae) in the Upper Cretaceous Vivian Formation
Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli, Alberto L. Cione, David E. Tineo, Leandro M. Pérez, Martín Iribarne, Miguel A. Allcca Torres, Daniel G. Poiré
Abstract
We describe isolated teleostean teeth found in no association with the jaw bone. The specimens have been recovered in Late Cretaceous marine deposits of the Vivian Formation in the Peruvian Sub-Andean Region. The deposition sequence from where the teeth come is interpreted as a shallowing-upward sequence of low salinity. The fish material is identified as Enchodus aff. E. gladiolus based on the presence of a small but well-developed post-apical barb, an anterior cutting edge, the crown is symmetrical in cross-section, have a sigmoidal profile, and bears strong ridges (=striations). The Peruvian material differs from the typical E. gladiolus teeth in having a faintly serrated anterior cutting edge which is absent in most specimens referred to E. gladiolus. We also highlight that taxonomic assignments made based on isolated teeth must be taken with care. Despite scarce, the material recovered denotes that the marine units of Peru can give valuable information about the Pacific fish fauna during the Late Cretaceous.
Keywords
Fishes; Actinopterygii; Peruvian Sub-Andean Region; South America