[18] It is observed to the southwest from the main trail leading to the Mirador de los Cóndores on the páramo. [10] One of the most complete discoveries in South America, the mosasaur Yaguarasaurus columbianus from the La Frontera Formation, Huila,[11] is mainly found in South America, but has been identified globally. The lowest "subpáramo" strip along the Andean forest margin is more shrubby. [8] [2], A 2013 analysis of the páramo units in Colombia evaluated similarities between their endemic flora. [3] Colombia is the country with the most páramos in the world; more than 60% of the Andean ecosystem is found within Colombian territories. The Andes also play a key role in the climate of these regions as they cause an orographic uplift in which moist air rises. [6], The Cerro de Águilas (English: "Eagles Hill") is a hill on the páramo consisting of alternating shales and sandstone formations of the Guadalupe Group.[18]. In 1991, Páramo obtained her MSc. Reptiles include lizards of the genera Stenocercus, Phenacosaurus, and Proctoporus. The upper "superpáramo" has scattered tussocks of grass. Climate change is becoming an increasingly pressing issue for páramo ecosystems. [1] It was declared a National Park of Colombia in 1977 because of its importance as a biodiversity hotspot and main source of water for the most densely populated area of … Where the Northern Andean páramo is generally humid throughout the year with moisture delivered in the form of rain, clouds and fog as air masses are lifted up over the mountains, the Santa Marta páramo is similar to the Costa Rican páramo and Cordillera de Merida páramo, where the northeast trade winds create a distinct dry season. During the later parts of the Quaternary epoch there were alternating glacial and interglacial periods, with short, cold and dry periods alternating with warmer and more humid periods. …and Ecuador, Alpine meadows called páramo consist of grasses and other herbaceous plants, often with bright flowers; those are surmounted by taller plants, especially the showy frailejones (Espeletia), which grow 15 to 20 feet (4.5 to 6 metres) high and are crowned by large bouquets of long hairy leaves. [1] Organic content, even within disturbed sites averages very high which contributes to water retention in the soil. Andean condors can be sighted from this viewpoint. degree from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia with a thesis titled Posición Sistemática de un reptil marino con base en los restos fósiles encontrados en capas del Cretácico Superior en Yaguará, Huila and her PhD degree in 1997 from the Université de Poitiers with a thesis Les Vertébrés marins du Turonien de la Vallée Supérieure du Magdalena, Colombie, Systématique, Paléoécologie et Paléobiogéographie. This was the period when land rose above the tree line and the protopáramo vegetation was formed with new species of the Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Asteraceae, Ericaceae and other families. [1] She has contributed on the paleontology in Colombia in the fields of describing various Cretaceous reptiles, most notably the mosasaurs Eonatator and Yaguarasaurus, the ichthyosaurs Platypterigius and Stenorhynchosaurus and the plesiosaur Leivanectes. The habitat is relatively stable, but has been drastically changed from the original by long-term human activity. [17], The stratigraphical units encountered on the Ocetá Páramo are Paleocene sandstones and shales of the Socha Formation in the Peña de Ortí, and the Late Cretaceous Guadalupe sandstone and shale formations, Guaduas Formation, and the organic shales of the Chipaque Formation. 135 genera of vascular plants have been recorded. [5] Much of this park is páramo. [10] In the upper part of the páramo, marshes and small lakes exist. Humans have inhabited the páramo of the Andes for approximately the past 15,000 years. [4] Páramo has helped establish a foundation for the preservation and rescue of fossils in the region of Colombia, along with other researchers and contributors. An alternative route towards the Ocetá Páramo starts in Mongua and reaches the Laguna Negra first. Open areas contain Acaena cylindrostachya, Castilleja fissifolia and Lupinus carrikeri. [9] Soils in páramo ecosystems have changed because of human activity, especially due to burning vegetation to clear land for grazing. "[12], Páramo has published in Spanish, French and English. [2], At a sample location at coordinates 10°45′N 73°45′W / 10.75°N 73.75°W / 10.75; -73.75 mean monthly temperatures ranged from 11.4 °C (52.5 °F) in January to 13.8 °C (56.8 °F) in June. [2], "Paleontología en Colombia: Yaguarasaurus, el mosasaurio de Colombia", A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia, Restos apendiculares de un ictiosaurio oftalmosáurido del Barremiano inferior de Villa de Leiva, Colombia, A new Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid (Dinosauria, Neosauropoda) from northwestern Gondwana (Villa de Leiva, Colombia), Restos mandibulares de mastodonte encontrados en cercanías de Cartagena, Colombia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=María_Páramo&oldid=966469733, Articles with Spanish-language sources (es), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 July 2020, at 09:06. Along with Fonsesca, in 2000, collected the tooth of mosasaur genus found in layers of the Turoniense of the Villeta Formation from "Mosasauroids from Colombia. Recent developments such as construction of aqueducts, drainage systems, and roads, mining, and afforestation have been a huge additional páramo disturbance. Páramo de Guacheneque. In the strictest sense of the term, all páramo ecosystems are located in the Neotropics, specifically South and Central America. The páramo is expanding as the Andean forest at lower levels is cleared and the glaciers recede in the upper areas. [12], The World Wide Fund for Nature gives a status of "Relatively Stable/Intact". The species evolved from warm tropical species adapted to moist conditions and from Andean species that migrated along the eastern cordillera of Colombia. [3], Páramo, together with fellow paleontologist Fernando Etayo, collaborated in describing the first dinosaur fossil found in Colombia, Padillasaurus leivaensis from the Paja Formation, close to Villa de Leyva, Boyacá. The ecoregion is surrounded by the Santa Marta montane forests ecoregion, which in turn is surrounded by the Sinú Valley dry forests and Guajira-Baranquilla xeric scrub ecoregions. Pollen analysis has shown the transition from lowland tropical forests to colder mountainous vegetation over the last 5 million years. For this reason, vegetation in the superpáramo must be highly resistant to such severe fluctuations in weather. The superpáramo zone is generally narrow and exists atop loose stones and sandy soils at about 4,500–4,800 m (14,800–15,700 ft). The lower altitude parts of the páramo are characterised by Espeletia barclayana, Espeletia jaramilloi, Espeletia congestiflora and Espeletia argentea, while Espeletia grandiflora is growing in a wider altitude distribution. The 5.7-square-kilometre (1,405-acre) Páramo Wildlife Refuge Park in the San José Province of Costa Rica "protects tropical forest areas in the high elevations of the Talamanca Mountains". From the Mirador de Cóndores and the Cerro de Águilas on clear days it is possible to see the snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy and even the Llanos Orientales. Fragmented forests can appear in the subpáramo due to microclimatic or edaphic conditions, yet the more abrupt changes are generally due to anthropogenic disruption such as cutting, burning, and grazing activities. 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