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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Autores: Valerio, Ana L., Laurito, Cesar A.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/16851
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/16851
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Mammalia
Xenarthra
Folivora
Pilosa
Pliometanastes
Mioceno Superior
Costa Rica
Upper Miocene
Descrição
Resumo: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