Feeding habits and habitat of herbivorous mammals from the Early–Late Hemphillian (Miocene) of Costa Rica

• Autorzy: Perez-Crespo V.A. , Laurito C.A. , Arroyo-Cabrales J. , Valerio A.L. , Morales-Puente P. , Cienfuegos-Alvarado E. , Otero F.J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Carbon and oxygen stable isotope values in the dental enamel of fossils were used to infer the diet and habitat of the extinct equids Calippus hondurensis, Dinohippus mexicanus, and Protohippus gidleyi, the gomphothere Gomphotherium hondurensis, and the llama Hemiauchenia vera of the Early–Late Hemphillian (Hh2) from San Gerardo de Limoncito, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. The results suggest that these mammals fed mainly on C₃ plants and lived in clearings of rainforests. This contrasts with previous studies from North America that indicated that the same species lived in forest savannas and fed mainly on C₄ plants, but it is similar to the results obtained from the palynological record of the area, as well as with several vegetation models suggesting the presence of humid tropical forest during the Miocene in Central America.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 63
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.645-652,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Perez-Crespo V.A.

• Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito de la Investigacion Cientifica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacan, 04150, Mexico

autor

Laurito C.A.

• Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje, La Uruca, San Jose, Costa Rica
• Departamento de Historia Natural, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, 749-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica

autor

Arroyo-Cabrales J.

• Laboratorio de Arqueozoología “M. en C. Ticul Alvarez Solorzano”, Subdireccion de Laboratorios y Apoyo Academico, INAH, Moneda 16 Col. Centro, 06060, Mexico

autor

Valerio A.L.

• Departamento de Historia Natural, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, 749-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica

autor

Morales-Puente P.

• Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito de la Investigacion Cientifica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacan, 04150, Mexico
• Laboratorio de Isotopos Estables, Laboratorio Nacional de Geoquimica y Mineralogia, LANGEM-UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, 04150, Mexico

autor

Cienfuegos-Alvarado E.

• Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito de la Investigacion Cientifica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacan, 04150, Mexico
• Laboratorio de Isotopos Estables, Laboratorio Nacional de Geoquimica y Mineralogia, LANGEM-UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, 04150, Mexico

autor

Otero F.J.

• Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito de la Investigacion Cientifica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacan, 04150, Mexico
• Laboratorio de Isotopos Estables, Laboratorio Nacional de Geoquimica y Mineralogia, LANGEM-UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, 04150, Mexico

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DOI

10.4202/app.00517.2018