Notes on the origin of extensive endorheic regions in central and northern Mexico, and some implications for paleozoogeography

Aranda-Gómez, José Jorge; Carranza-Castañeda, Óscar; Wang, Xiaoming; Tseng, Z. Jack; Pacheco-Castro, Adolfo

doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2018.02.003

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“…The first one was the evolution of the Prosigmodon lineage in the Clarendonian-Hemphillian of southern North America. This pulse was diachronic to the opening of the Gulf of California and the development of Basin and Range province (Henry and Aranda-Gomez, 2000;Dickinson, 2015), to the climate change in NA caused by alterations in oceanic currents (Eronen et al, 2012), and to the evolution of the drainage system in southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico (Aranda-Gómez et al, 2018). It should be noted that these data are consistent with the proposal of Vilela et al (2013) that the initiation of Sigmodontini radiation occurred in the middle Miocene, previously to the GABI.…”

Section: Origin Of Prosigmodon and Rodent Faunal Interchange Betweensupporting

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A new species of Sigmodontinae (Rodentia) from the late Hemphillian of central Mexico, and comments on the possible radiation of this group

Pacheco-Castro¹,

Carranza-Castañeda²,

Jiménez-Hidalgo³

2019

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The Sigmodontinae subfamily represents one of the most diverse groups of mammals in the world; this rodent group evolved in the open and arid ecosystems of the Miocene of North America and was the most successful legion of mammals in the Great American Biotic Interchange. Part of its diversification occurred in the Mexican Pliocene, in the Hemphillian-Blancan boundary, where Prosigmodon and Sigmodon species are very common. Recent molecular phylogenetic systematics research propose that Sigmodon is related to South American sigmodontines, while studies of classical morphometry in isolated molar teeth consider Prosigmodon as synonymy of Sigmodon, which modifies the biogeographic and chronostratigraphic interpretations of this group in America. In this paper, we describe a new species of Prosigmodon from the late Hemphillian (~4.89 Ma) of central Mexico based on jaws, maxillary, and complete isolated teeth. This is the most complete and austral record of the genus in North America. This species was compared with North American species of the Sigmodontinae and Neotominae subfamilies and we defined it as a new Prosigmodon species characterized by having a consistently present minute mesoloph in M1 and M2, in addition, there is an isolated metaconid from the protoconid in the m1 of young individuals. We performed a phylogenetic model focused on understanding the relationship between Prosigmodon (four species) and Sigmodon (eight species), where we included Baiomys (two species), Neotoma (two species), Peromyscus (two species), and Reithrodontomys (two species). Our results indicate that Prosigmodon is a monophyletic group if Sigmodon minor is included within the genus and P. chihuahuensis is excluded. The Mexican Prosigmodon species have more apomorphic characters with respect to S. minor and P. holocuspis. The species of Prosigmodon and Sigmodon are not closely related, Sigmodon is more related to the Neotoma species than the species of Baiomys, Prosigmodon, Reitrhodontomys, and Peromyscus. Based on the topology of our cladogram and the stratigraphic ranges of the species Sigmodontinae and Neotominae, we discuss that Baiomys, Prosigmodon, Reitrhodontomys, and Peromyscus probably diversified in the early Hemphillian, while Sigmodon and Neotoma did so during the late Pliocene.

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A new species of Sigmodontinae (Rodentia) from the late Hemphillian of central Mexico, and comments on the possible radiation of this group

Pacheco-Castro¹,

Carranza-Castañeda²,

Jiménez-Hidalgo³

2019

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“…In the case of freshwater fishes, the discontinuity of aquatic habitats represents the main barrier to range expansion (Pérez-Rodríguez et al, 2015). In the case of northwestern Mexico, tecto-volcanic events since the Miocene and Pleistocene, glacial/interglacial cycles, and increasing regional aridity since the Holocene, fragmented the ancestral Rio Grande system (Metcalfe, 2006; Schönhuth et al, 2015), effectively isolating different populations and shaping the geographic distribution and phylogenetic relationships of the freshwater fishes of the region (Smith & Miller, 1986; Wood & Mayden, 2002; Blum et al, 2008; Schönhuth & Mayden, 2010; Domínguez-Domínguez et al, 2011; Schönhuth et al, 2011; Schönhuth et al, 2012; Schönhuth et al, 2014; Schönhuth et al, 2015; Aranda-Gómez et al., 2018; Corona-Santiago et al., 2018).…”

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“…In North America, tectonic activity and climate changes are the main factors that have contributed to the formation of drainage basins and the evolution of associated species (Galloway, Whiteaker & Ganey-Curry, 2011; Aranda-Gómez et al, 2018). In northwestern Mexico, the main tecto-volcanic activity since the Oligocene is related to the formation of the Sierra Madre Occidental (SMO) mountain range (Ferrari, Valencia-Moreno & Bryan, 2007; Aguirre-Díaz et al, 2008).…”

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Genetic differentiation in the southern population of the Fathead MinnowPimephales promelasRafinesque (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)

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Pérez‐Rodríguez

Beltrán-López

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The North American cyprinid Pimephales promelas is a species with a wide distribution range, occurring in distinct hydrographic basins in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Previous morphological and meristic analyses of P. promelas concluded that at least three subspecies exist in the midwestern and northeast region of the United States. No studies have been carried out on the Mexican population of P. promelas, but the findings of cryptic diversity in United States populations of this species, as well as in other codistributed fish species in Mexico could be an indication that Mexican populations of P. promelas consist of cryptic species. Using the mitochondrial gene cyt b and the first intron of the S7 ribosomal protein-coding nuclear gene we carried out phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses of populations of P. promelas across its distribution range in northwestern Mexico. Using this information were analyzed the structure and differentiation level between populations of P. promelas from distinct river basins in the region in identifying cryptic diversity. Twenty-four sequences were obtained for cyt b, and 30 for S7, which included the two heterozygous alleles. The results revealed the existence of four well-differentiated lineages: (1) Yaqui in the Pacific slope; (2) Santa Maria, and (3) Casas Grandes in the Guzman Basin; and (4) Nazas+Conchos in Chihuahua state. This challenges the current taxonomy of P. promelas. Differences in the relationships between markers and the small sample size for the Santa Maria population (n = 1), indicate that our results must be corroborated with more data and morphological analyses. Biogeographic analysis of these findings suggest that the evolutionary history of P. promelas is associated with the fragmentation of the ancestral Rio Grande river system since Miocene in northwestern Mexico consistent with findings for codistributed fish species.

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“…El tema de la apertura e inicio de la erosión del relleno de las cuencas no ha sido discutido en la literatura, pero se hace notar que al igual que en el caso del bloqueo de las cuencas, si la apertura se hizo de manera sincrónica, se requiere de un mecanismo de carácter regional. El cambio climático conocido como el Evento Terminal del Mioceno (Chapin, 2008) causó el inicio de la desertificación de Norteamérica, con la consecuente disminución del escurrimiento, en el lapso entre 7 y 5 Ma antes del presente tuvo un impacto considerable en la evolución de las redes de drenaje que fluían hacia el Pacífico (e.g., Aranda-Gómez et al, 2018). La disminución radical de la cantidad de escurrimiento potencialmente hubiera conducido a la transformación de las condiciones de lago abierto a las de un lago-playa, con precipitación de evaporitas, cosa que no se ha encontrado hasta ahora en la cuenca de Teocaltiche, ni en Juchipila o Tlaltenango.…”

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“…La formación del Golfo de California claramente causó un cambio sustancial en los perfiles de los ríos principales de la vertiente del Pacífico en el noroeste y centro de México, al redefinir drásticamente la distancia entre los parteaguas de las cuencas y el nivel base para la erosión (e.g., Aranda-Gómez et al, 2018). Aunque la primera formación de fondo marino cerca del golfo sucedió hace 3.5 Ma (Castillo et al, 2002), hecho que señala la transferencia de la península de Baja California a la placa del Pacífico, se sabe que antes hubo una extensa depresión tectónica que fue invadida por el océano, ya que hay sedimentos marinos en Santa Rosalía (B.C.S.)…”

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Edad y origen de la paleocuenca continental de Teocaltiche, México

González-Cervantes¹,

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En la región ubicada al este de la parte sudoriental de la Sierra Madre Occidental (SMOc) existió un lago extenso durante parte del Oligoceno y casi todo el Mioceno. El lago se formó en una depresión tectónica, asociada con el graben de Aguascalientes y el semigraben de Teocaltiche. Los sedimentos que rellenaron parcialmente esta cuenca continental incluyen sedimentos epiclásticos derivados de las rocas de la SMOc y de la Mesa Central, precipitados químicos y bioquímicos (caliza de agua dulce) y sedimentos mixtos, así como una proporción pequeña, pero generalizada, de capas de ceniza volcánica de caída, que fueron empleadas para obtener edades de U-Pb en circón. El alcance temporal del relleno de la cuenca es amplio, pues abarca desde el Rupeliano (~28.6 Ma) hasta el Tortoniano (~7.6 Ma). Previamente, con base en fauna fósil se creía que la sucesión era solo del Mioceno tardío. En la parte sur de la SMOc hay varias cuencas de origen tectónico, con orientación NNE, que contuvieron lagos. En al menos tres de ellas (Tlaltenango, Juchipila y Teocaltiche) se sabe, por el carácter de los sedimentos y por sus fósiles del Henfiliano temprano, que hubo lagos de manera simultánea. En el graben de Bolaños, al oeste y paralelo a la cuenca de Tlaltenango, se ha propuesto la existencia de un lago durante el Neógeno, cuyos sedimentos están casi completamente erosionados, por lo que se sabe poco acerca de ellos. Para explicar el bloqueo parcial y simultáneo de los sistemas de drenaje se requiere de una causa común de carácter regional. Las cuatro cuencas tectónicas mencionadas terminan al norte de las depresiones asociadas a los rifts Tepic-Zacoalco o Tula-Chapala. El ajuste isostático en los bloques de piso de estos rifts pudo causar el cierre parcial de los ríos axiales en los grábenes con rumbos NNE y atrapar así los sedimentos. Aunque se desconoce con precisión cuando las cuencas dejaron de ser sistemas acumulativos, se cree, por la ausencia de fósiles del Blancano, que la apertura pudo suceder antes de ~4.75 Ma, valor numérico del inicio de esa etapa faunística. Una causa común probable de la apertura puede ser la invasión marina de una depresión en lo que actualmente es el Golfo de California. La creación de este nuevo nivel base de erosión pudo aumentar considerablemente el gradiente hidráulico en los sistemas fluviales, proveyendo la energía suficiente para remontar al levantamiento asociado a la actividad de los rifts.

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Notes on the origin of extensive endorheic regions in central and northern Mexico, and some implications for paleozoogeography

Cited by 9 publications

References 50 publications

A new species of Sigmodontinae (Rodentia) from the late Hemphillian of central Mexico, and comments on the possible radiation of this group

A new species of Sigmodontinae (Rodentia) from the late Hemphillian of central Mexico, and comments on the possible radiation of this group

Genetic differentiation in the southern population of the Fathead MinnowPimephales promelasRafinesque (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)

Edad y origen de la paleocuenca continental de Teocaltiche, México

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