Actualistic Taphonomy in South America

• Marine benthic biodiversity record in intertidal death assemblages of Punta Mejillón, Patagonia, Argentina.- Glycymeris bivalve shells as tools for paleoenvironmental reconstruction in Golfo San Matías (Patagonia, Argentina).- Shells and stoves, some time later.- Expanding the scope of Actualistic Taphonomy in archaeological research.- Actualistic Taphonomy of freshwater mollusks from the Argentine pampas: an overview of recent research progress.- Taphonomical analysis of rodent traces.- Taphonomic and stratigraphic potential of recent bioclastic deposits: the case of Southern Brazil Shelf.- Perceptions on Actualistic Paleontology in four distinct areas of energy supply along the coast of the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná, Brazil.- A Gauchos landscape: Archaeological inferences from actualisitic taphonomic transects in the Humid Pampas of Argentina.- Actualistic taphonomy of diatoms: implications for the understanding ofthe Holocene record in Pampean shallow lakes.- Actualistic taphonomy in northern Santa Cruz plateau (Argentina). Advances, archaeological implications, and future agenda.- Invasive species, a natural experiment in Actualistic Taphonomy.- Hypersalinity effects in the fossilization of insects from the early Cretaceous of NE Brazil. Actualistic experimentation.- Actualistic Taphonomy of plant remains in tropical forests of southeastern Brazil.- The fossil, the dead and the living: mollusc biogeographic ranges in the Uruguayan coast.

“The book is successful in bringing out the present status of actualistic taphonomic research in South America. … Actualistic Taphonomy in South America represents a really good book worth reading by anyone interested in taphonomy, paleontology, ecology, or archaeology of South America. I feel that it will serve as a primary reference for new researchers working on the taphonomic record of South American flora and fauna for years to come.” (Devapriya Chattopadhyay, Ameghiniana, Vol. 58 (1), 2021)