Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon(Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica

A lower mastodont molar was found in Nacaome river, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is a Pleis- . tocene specimen of Cuvieronius hyodon .C. hyodon and Haplomastodon waringi, mountain and savanna mastodonts respectively, have been found in the same place. This evidence and the dental morphology su...

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Autores principales:	Acuña Mesén, Rafael, García-Díaz, Elmer
Formato:	Online
Idioma:	spa
Publicado:	Universidad de Costa Rica 1998
Acceso en línea:	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20739

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spelling	RBT207392022-05-25T21:01:18Z Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon (Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon(Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica Acuña Mesén, Rafael García-Díaz, Elmer cuvieronius hyodon haplomastodon waringi gomphotheriidae proboscidea dental morphology pleistocene nacaóme Costa Rica A lower mastodont molar was found in Nacaome river, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is a Pleis- . tocene specimen of Cuvieronius hyodon.C. hyodon and Haplomastodon waringi, mountain and savanna mastodonts respectively, have been found in the same place. This evidence and the dental morphology suggest that they were seasonaly simpatric species with different alimentary niches. Probably H. waringi fed on savanna or prairie plants (very ligneous with high silíca concentration, e.g,Cyperaceae) whereas C. hyodon consumed sQfter plants (the enamel is less damaged). A lower mastodont molar was found in Nacaome river, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is a Pleis- . tocene specimen of Cuvieronius hyodon .C. hyodon and Haplomastodon waringi, mountain and savanna mastodonts respectively, have been found in the same place. This evidence and the dental morphology suggest that they were seasonaly simpatric species with different alimentary niches. Probably H. waringi fed on savanna or prairie plants (very ligneous with high silíca concentration, e.g,Cyperaceae) whereas C. hyodon consumed sQfter plants (the enamel is less damaged). Universidad de Costa Rica 1998-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20739 10.15517/rbt.v46i4.20739 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 No. 4 (1998): Volume 46 – Regular number 4 – December 1998; 1167–1172 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 Núm. 4 (1998): Volumen 46 – Volumen regular 4 – Diciembre 1998; 1167–1172 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 N.º 4 (1998): Volume 46 – Regular number 4 – December 1998; 1167–1172 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v46i4 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20739/20890 Copyright (c) 1998 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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description	A lower mastodont molar was found in Nacaome river, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is a Pleis- . tocene specimen of Cuvieronius hyodon .C. hyodon and Haplomastodon waringi, mountain and savanna mastodonts respectively, have been found in the same place. This evidence and the dental morphology suggest that they were seasonaly simpatric species with different alimentary niches. Probably H. waringi fed on savanna or prairie plants (very ligneous with high silíca concentration, e.g,Cyperaceae) whereas C. hyodon consumed sQfter plants (the enamel is less damaged).
title	Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon(Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica
title_short	Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon(Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica
title_full	Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon(Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica
title_fullStr	Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon(Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed	Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon(Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica
title_sort	nuevo ejemplar de cuvieronius hyodon(proboscidea: gomphotheriidae) del pleistoceno de costa rica
title_alt	Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon (Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica
publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica
publishDate	1998
url	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20739
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Nuevo ejemplar de Cuvieronius hyodon(Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica

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