First Record of Rhynchotherium blicki (Frick, 1933) for the Late Cenozoic of Costa Rica

 

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Autores: Alberto Laurito Mora, César, Lucía Valerio Zamora, Ana
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2005
Descripción:The genus Rhynchotherium has been described as a fossil for the Upper Miocene of Guatemala and volcanic deposits of Nicaragua, the Upper Miocene and Pliocene fluvial sediments of El Salvador and Honduras, but this is the first time it is recorded from Costa Rica. The material described includes a partially preserved skull with three upper molars. The material has been collected from a single locality, Santa Rita, near San Vito Town in the Puntarenas Province.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/4237
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/4237
Palabra clave:Gomphotheriidae
Rynchorostrinae
Plioceno Inferior
Formación Paso Real
Costa Rica
Rhynchorostrinae
Lower Pliocene
Paso Real Formation