Fossil mammals from Puente de Piedra district (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae; Artiodactyla, Camelidae, Lamini), Grecia, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Statut: | Versión publicada |
| Date de publication: | 2011 |
| Description: | It is described the second fossil record of the family Camelidae and the first of the genus Palaeolama for Costa Rica, which was found together with Glyptotherium plates. This association provides new data about the Great American Biotic Interchange. The material fossil assigned to Camelidae consists of a rear left metapodial. Based on previous studies of fossils from nearby areas these new records are assigned an Early Irvigtonian age. |
| Pays: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Langue: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/13102 |
| Accès en ligne: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/13102 |
| Mots-clés: | xenarthra glyptodontidae camelidae lamini late cenozoic alajuela costa rica cenozoico tardío |