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1. EL MASTODONTE BAJO EL AGUA: EL REGISTRO DE CUVIERONIUS HYODON FISCHER (1814) EN LA PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL INTERNA DEL PACÍFICO DE COSTA RICA, PLAYA CALETAS, PROVINCIA DE GUANACASTE.

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Laurito, César A., Valerio, Ana L., and Rojas-Sibaja, Nefertiti

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*MASTODONS, *FOSSIL proboscidea (Mammals), *PLEISTOCENE Epoch
Abstract

A molar of mastodon recovered from the inner continental shelf of the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica is described. This find, represents the first fossil evidence of a terrestrial mammal that inhabited the continental shelf when it was a dry land, during the Last Glacial Maximun at the Late Pleistocene in Central America and the Caribbean Region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016
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