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

 

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Autoři: Alberto Laurito Mora, César, Lucía Valerio Zamora, Ana
Médium: artículo original
Stav:Versión publicada
Datum vydání:2005
Popis: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.
Země:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instituce:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Jazyk:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/4237
On-line přístup:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/4237
Klíčové slovo:Gomphotheriidae
Rynchorostrinae
Plioceno Inferior
Formación Paso Real
Costa Rica
Rhynchorostrinae
Lower Pliocene
Paso Real Formation