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

 

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Autoren: Alberto Laurito Mora, César, Lucía Valerio Zamora, Ana
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2005
Beschreibung: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.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprache:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/4237
Online Zugang:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/4237
Stichwort:Gomphotheriidae
Rynchorostrinae
Plioceno Inferior
Formación Paso Real
Costa Rica
Rhynchorostrinae
Lower Pliocene
Paso Real Formation