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Abstract:

The aim of the present study was to examine the parasite fauna present in rodent coprolites collected from Cueva Huenul 1 (CH1), northern Neuquén (Patagonia, Argentina), an archaeological site that provides stratified sequences of archaeological and palaeontological remains dating from the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Transition to the Late Holocene period. Twenty rodent coprolites collected from different sedimentary units from the site, with ages ranging from 13.844 ± 75-1.416 ± 37 years BP, were examined for parasites. Each coprolite was processed as a whole: rehydrated, homogenised, spontaneously sedimented and examined using light microscopy. The coprolites and the eggs of any parasites present were described, measured and photographed. In all, 158 parasite eggs were found in 10 coprolites. The faeces were positive for Viscachataenia quadrata Denegri, Dopchiz, Elissondo & Beveridge and Monoecocestus sp. Beddard (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) and for Heteroxynema (Cavioxyura) viscaciae Sutton & Hugot (Nematoda: Oxyuridae). The coprolites examined were tentatively attributed to Lagidium viscacia Molina (Mammalia, Rodentia, Caviomorpha, Chinchillidae). The life cycles of these parasites are discussed.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:A palaeoparasitological analysis of rodent coprolites from the Cueva Huenul 1 archaeological site in Patagonia (Argentina)
Autor:Beltrame, M.O.; Sardella, N.H.; Fugassa, M.H.; Barberena, R.
Filiación:Laboratorio de Paleoparasitología y Arqueología Contextual, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3250, 7600 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Laboratorio de Geoarqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Idioma: Inglés
Palabras clave:Heteroxynema (Cavioxyura) viscaciae; Palaeoparasitology; Patagonia; Rodent coprolites; Viscachataenia quadrata; animal; Argentina; article; feces; fossil; paleopathology; parasitology; rodent; Animals; Argentina; Feces; Fossils; Paleopathology; Rodentia; Anoplocephalidae; Caviomorpha; Cestoda; Chinchillidae; Heteroxynema viscaciae; Lagidium viscacia; Mammalia; Monoecocestus; Nematoda; Oxyuridae; Rodentia
Año:2012
Volumen:107
Número:5
Página de inicio:604
Página de fin:608
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000500006
Título revista:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Título revista abreviado:Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
ISSN:00740276
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Beltrame, M.O., Sardella, N.H., Fugassa, M.H. & Barberena, R. (2012) . A palaeoparasitological analysis of rodent coprolites from the Cueva Huenul 1 archaeological site in Patagonia (Argentina). Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 107(5), 604-608.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000500006
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Beltrame, M.O., Sardella, N.H., Fugassa, M.H., Barberena, R. "A palaeoparasitological analysis of rodent coprolites from the Cueva Huenul 1 archaeological site in Patagonia (Argentina)" . Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 107, no. 5 (2012) : 604-608.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000500006
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Beltrame, M.O., Sardella, N.H., Fugassa, M.H., Barberena, R. "A palaeoparasitological analysis of rodent coprolites from the Cueva Huenul 1 archaeological site in Patagonia (Argentina)" . Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, vol. 107, no. 5, 2012, pp. 604-608.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000500006
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Beltrame, M.O., Sardella, N.H., Fugassa, M.H., Barberena, R. A palaeoparasitological analysis of rodent coprolites from the Cueva Huenul 1 archaeological site in Patagonia (Argentina). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. 2012;107(5):604-608.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000500006