Plio-Pleistocene Crocodylus (Crocodylia) from southwestern Costa Rica

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Mead, Jim ^a   Cubero, Rolando ^b   Zamora, Ana ^c   Swift, Sandra ^a   Laurito, César ^d   Gómez, Luis ^e  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Museo Nacional de Costa Rica ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c Museo Nacional de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^d Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje   (Costa Rica)

^e Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Crocodile; Crocodylus; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARMADILLO; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; EDENTATA; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; PRIODONTES; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33644796818     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520500309917     Document Type: Article

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