Fossil mammals from Puente de Piedra district (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae; Artiodactyla, Camelidae, Lamini), Grecia, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

Abstract

It is described the second fossil record of the family Camelidae and the first of the genus Palaeolama for Costa Rica, which was found together with Glyptotherium plates. This association provides new data about the Great American Biotic Interchange. The material fossil assigned to Camelidae consists of a rear left metapodial. Based on previous studies of fossils from nearby areas these new records are assigned an Early Irvigtonian age.