Geology and Paleontology of the Miocene–Pleistocene of the Southern Cone of South America: Palaeoenvironmental and Faunal Evolution

Abstract

The Miocene–Pleistocene was a pivotal interval in Earth's history, marked by global climatic, environmental, and biotic transformations (e.g., Westerhold et al., 2020; Steinthorsdottir et al., 2021). In the Southern Cone of South America, the geological record provides key proxies and evidence of these changes, which included significant climatic shifts leading to the establishment of an Icehouse world, regional aridification, marine transgressions, tectonic events such as the Andean orogeny...