The underwater Mastodon: The record of Cuvieronius hyodon Fischer (1814) at the Inner Pacific Continental Shelf of Costa Rica, Caletas Beach, Guanacaste Province
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| Autors: | , , |
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2016 |
| Descripció: | A molar of mastodon recovered from the inner continental shelf of the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica is described. This found, represents the first fossil evidence of a terrestrial mammal that inhabited the continental shelf when it was a dry land, during the Last Glacial Maximun at the Late Pleistocene in Central America and the Caribbean Region. |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/27069 |
| Accés en línia: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/27069 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Paraula clau: | Mammalia Proboscidea Gomphotheriidae Pacific Continental Shelf Late Pleistocene Costa Rica plataforma continental Pacífica Pleistoceno Tardío |