New structural data from a mid-crustal segment in the Eastern Sierras Pampeanas, coupled with geochronological methods and
P
–
T
estimates, reveal polyphase contractional deformation and metamorphism during the Famatinian Orogeny over a long period of time. Peaks of metamorphic monazite and zircon ages are recorded at
c.
500 Ma, between 484 and 465 Ma and at
c.
440 Ma. Between 484 and 465 Ma the region attained high-temperature (HT) low-pressure (LP) conditions that resulted in widespread partial melting (peak at
c.
470 Ma). A contractional phase occurred during this event, as suggested by syn-anatectic structures, as well as folding at subsolidus conditions. Renewed contraction under subsolidus conditions is evidenced by reverse ductile shearing and folding at
c.
440 Ma. Thrusting along the La Chilca Shear Zone caused metamorphic inversion. The consistent orientation of folds in the Quebrada del Molle Metamorphic Complex, El Portezuelo Metamorphic–Igneous Complex and the La Chilca Shear Zone as well as WSW-directed thrusting at the later shear zone indicate uniform WSW–ENE-directed shortening. This late deformation records the Ocloyic tectonic phase and brought the Famatinian Orogeny to an end in the Late Ordovician to Early Silurian.
Supplementary material:
Analytical methods, methods and description of the calculated
P
–
T
pseudosection diagrams, bulk compositions, and electron microprobe, U–Pb and
40
Ar–
39
Ar data are available at
https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4697189
Nopachtus coagmentatus fue reconocido por Ameghino en 1888. El holotipo procede de la Formación Brochero (Montehermosense - Chapadmalalense [Plioceno temprano - Plioceno tardío]), de las cercanías de Villa Cura Brochero (Córdoba). Se reporta el primer hallazgo de esta especie para la Provincia de Catamarca. Se describe el material hallado, se detalla su procedencia y se presenta el perfil estratigráfico detallado correspondiente. El material mencionado, procedente de la Formación Salicas aflorante en el paraje de Suri Yaco, consiste en 14 osteodermos de la coraza dorsal que se atribuyen a N. coagmentatus, 12 completos y 2 fragmentados correspondientes a la región media y póstero-dorsal de la coraza dorsal. Estos osteodermos presentan una figura central rodeada por dos hileras de figuritas periféricas y figuritas que corresponderían a una tercera hilera, siempre incompleta. La primera hilera tiene entre 10 y 12 figuritas y la segunda entre 19 y 22; las figuritas son pentagonales o, mayoritariamente, hexagonales. A su vez, se revisa todo el material hasta ahora conocido para este género, que incluye dos especies. Para N. coagmentatus solamente había dos registros fehacientes, hasta esta comunicación, y varios dudosos, en tanto que para N. cabrerai Zamorano, Scillato-Yané, González Ruiz & Zurita solo se dio a conocer el holotipo.
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