A new evidence of a juvenile estate of Pliometanastes protistus and its relationship with ?Pliometanastes galushai Hirschfeld & Webb, 1968 (Xernarthra, Megalonychidae) for the Upper Miocene of Costa Rica
The aim of this paper is to describe a fragment of left mandible of a juvenile specimen of Pliometanastes. That found brings some light about the phyletic relations among Pliometanastes protistus Hirschfeld & Webb, 1968 and ?Pliometanastes galushai Hirschfeld & Webb, 1968, and strong...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/16851 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/16851 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mammalia Xenarthra Folivora Pilosa Pliometanastes Mioceno Superior Costa Rica Upper Miocene |
| Sumario: | The aim of this paper is to describe a fragment of left mandible of a juvenile specimen of Pliometanastes. That found brings some light about the phyletic relations among Pliometanastes protistus Hirschfeld & Webb, 1968 and ?Pliometanastes galushai Hirschfeld & Webb, 1968, and strongly suggests that Pliometanastes is a monospecific genus |
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