Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon (Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica

 

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Egileak: Acuña Mesén, Rafael, García-Díaz, Elmer
Formatua: artículo original
Egoera:Versión publicada
Argitaratze data:1998
Deskribapena:A lower mastodont molar was found in Nacaome river, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is a Pleis- . tocene specimen of Cuvieronius hyodon.C. hyodon and Haplomastodon waringi, mountain and savanna mastodonts respectively, have been found in the same place. This evidence and the dental morphology suggest that they were seasonaly simpatric species with different alimentary niches. Probably H. waringi fed on savanna or prairie plants (very ligneous with high silíca concentration, e.g,Cyperaceae) whereas C. hyodon consumed sQfter plants (the enamel is less damaged).
Herria:Portal de Revistas UCR
Erakundea:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Hizkuntza:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/20739
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20739
Gako-hitza:cuvieronius hyodon
haplomastodon waringi
gomphotheriidae
proboscidea
dental morphology
pleistocene
nacaóme
Costa Rica