Dental remains of immature individuals of Rhynchotherium blicki (Frick 1933) of San Gerardo de Limoncito, Coto Brus, Costa Rica

 

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Autoren: Valerio, Ana L., Laurito, César A.
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2011
Beschreibung:Remains of juvenile individuals of Rhynchotherium blicki (Frick 1933) mastodon have been collected from sediments of the Upper Miocene (Late Hemphillian) locality of San Gerardo de Limoncito, corresponding with the top of Curré Formation. The recovered material, includes two second left upper deciduous molars and three frag- ments of tusks that were associated to the false gavial Gavialosuchus americanus (Sellards, 1915), remains of a soft shelled turtle Apalone sp., teeth of selachians (sharks and rays) and other icthyolites. The ecological requirements of the taxa suggest the existence of different environmental conditions from open grassland habitats to more closed marine environments like estuaries.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprache:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/12250
Online Zugang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/12250
Stichwort:gomphotheriidae
rhynchorostrinae
upper miocene
curré formation
costa rica
rynchorostrinae
mioceno superior
formación curré