Comment on "Paleosol-based paleoclimate reconstruction of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, northern Argentina" by Andrews, E., White, T., and del Papa, C. [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 471, p. 181-195]

Andrews et al. (2017) present a paleosol-based paleoclimate reconstruction of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum from localities in northern Argentina. We suggest that the age model presented for these localities is incorrect based on recently published magnetostratigraphy from the area, and that the studied Maiz Gordo and Lumbrera Formations instead represent a paleoclimate record of the early to middle Eocene. This record, combined with previously published data from these formations provide a more comprehensive regional reconstruction of paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental conditions during the peak of early Eocene warmth, including the early Eocene climatic optimum and possibly the middle Eocene climatic optimum. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.