A new assemblage of large insect trace fossils is recognized in paleosols the middle Miocene pyroclastic deposits from extra-Andean north Patagonia. This includes Racemusichnus jacobacciensis igen. isp. nov., largest fossil attributed to solitary insects. R. represented by clusters two seven thickly walled cylinders horizontally orientated paleosol. The cluster arrangement, its orientation, siz...

We assessed changes in soils and vegetation associated with different plant life forms increasing grazing intensity (GI) a subhumid grassland of Patagonia (Argentina), vast portions these grass steppes degraded states. reconstructed the historic GI gradient study sites characterised cover. sampled soil beneath patches shrub their bare interspaces, as well height hummocks thickness superficial h...