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

 

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Συγγραφείς: Alberto Laurito Mora, César, Lucía Valerio Zamora, Ana
Μορφή: artículo original
Κατάσταση:Versión publicada
Ημερομηνία έκδοσης:2005
Περιγραφή: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.
Χώρα:Portal de Revistas UCR
Ίδρυμα:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Γλώσσα:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/4237
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/4237
Λέξη-Κλειδί :Gomphotheriidae
Rynchorostrinae
Plioceno Inferior
Formación Paso Real
Costa Rica
Rhynchorostrinae
Lower Pliocene
Paso Real Formation