The earliest fossil record of the poorly known family Condylocardiidae from Argentina

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04/2019
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Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería
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Andean Geology
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0718-7092
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0718-7106
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La muy poco conocida familia Condylocardiidae (Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta) está pobremente representada en el registro fósil y las especies vivientes del grupo han sido poco estudiadas. Este trabajo presenta un nuevo representante de la familia, procedente de la terraza marina de cerro Laciar (Provincia de Santa Cruz), de edad Plioceno temprano. Carditella pitufina sp. nov. es descrita y caracterizada por presentar valvas grandes para el género, 15 costillas radiales tan anchas como sus interespacios, charnela alta y ancha y dientes charnelares grandes. El pobre registro de la familia es referido a un sesgo de identificación, debido probablemente al pequeño tamaño de los especímenes y a su similaridad con los cardítidos. Esta nueva especie se asemeja a la especie viviente Carditella tegulata del extremo sur de Argentina y Chile y podrían estar estrechamente emparentadas. Carditella pitufina sp. nov. representa el registro más antiguo del género Carditella en América del Sur y el más antiguo de un Condylocardiidae para Argentina.
The scarcely known family Condylocardiidae (Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta) is poorly represented in the fossil record and their living representatives are also poorly known. This work presents a new representative of the family from the early Pliocene of marine terrace of Cerro Laciar (Santa Cruz Province). Carditella pitufina sp. nov. is described and characterized by a shell large for the genus, 15 radial ribs as wide as interspaces, high hinge plate and broad and large hinge teeth. The poor record of the family may be due to an identification bias, probably because the tiny size of specimens and its similarity with carditids. This new species resembles to the living Carditella tegulata from southern Argentina and Chile and they could be closely related. Carditella pitufina sp. nov. represents the most ancient record of Carditella in South America and the most ancient record of Condylocardiidae in Argentina.
The scarcely known family Condylocardiidae (Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta) is poorly represented in the fossil record and their living representatives are also poorly known. This work presents a new representative of the family from the early Pliocene of marine terrace of Cerro Laciar (Santa Cruz Province). Carditella pitufina sp. nov. is described and characterized by a shell large for the genus, 15 radial ribs as wide as interspaces, high hinge plate and broad and large hinge teeth. The poor record of the family may be due to an identification bias, probably because the tiny size of specimens and its similarity with carditids. This new species resembles to the living Carditella tegulata from southern Argentina and Chile and they could be closely related. Carditella pitufina sp. nov. represents the most ancient record of Carditella in South America and the most ancient record of Condylocardiidae in Argentina.
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