Laminae Camels from the Late Miocene (Early Hemphillian) of the Curré Formation, San Gerardo de Limoncito, Coto Brus Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

This work describes abundant fossil remains of a species of lamine camel, recovered from the San Gerardo de Limoncito local fauna in southern Costa Rica. The material corresponds to dental pieces and postcranial bones of Hemiauchenia vera Matthew, 1909 species, which is basically recognized by the b...

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Autores: Laurito, César A., Valerio, Ana L.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/21148
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/21148
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Camelidae
Lamini
Hemiauchenia vera
Costa Rica
Upper Miocene
Curré Formation
Mioceno Superior
Formación Curré.
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Resumo:This work describes abundant fossil remains of a species of lamine camel, recovered from the San Gerardo de Limoncito local fauna in southern Costa Rica. The material corresponds to dental pieces and postcranial bones of Hemiauchenia vera Matthew, 1909 species, which is basically recognized by the biometry of the astragali and the anterior phalanx I, besides dental morphology. This new fossil record also permits to accurate the biochronologic age of the outcrop and its correlation with other Early Hemphillian localities of North America.