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Bajo de los Barrantes, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

Lat/Long (Decimal)10.0833,-84.4667
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationAlajuela, Costa Rica
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Bajo de los BarrantesLaurito C. A. (1993)tuff2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Mixotoxodon larensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Mixotoxodon : Mixotoxodon larensis2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Eremotherium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megatheriidae : Eremotherium2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Laurito C. A. (1993) An谩lisis topol贸gico y sistem谩tico del toxodonte de Bajo de los Barrantes, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica, Revista Geol贸gica de Am茅rica Central 16, 61-68
Zamora A.L.V., Mora C.A.L. (2004) Revisi贸n del primer hallazgo de Eremotherium laurillardii (Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) en Costa Rica, Brenesia 62, 83-88
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