A new record of Equus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Late Pleistocene of central-south Chile

Fourteen dental and bone parts of a horse excavated from the Pilauco paleontological site, Osorno (40°39' S-73°07' W) are analysed and interpreted. This site was formed in association with a peat bog located on the banks of the old Damas River and has conserved abundant late Pleistocene ma...

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Autores principales: RECABARREN,OMAR P, PINO,MARIO, CID,INÉS
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Publicado: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2011
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spelling oai:scielo:S0716-078X20110004000062012-03-28A new record of Equus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Late Pleistocene of central-south ChileRECABARREN,OMAR PPINO,MARIOCID,INÉS Equus Equus (Amerhippus) andium late Pleistocene Pilauco Fourteen dental and bone parts of a horse excavated from the Pilauco paleontological site, Osorno (40°39' S-73°07' W) are analysed and interpreted. This site was formed in association with a peat bog located on the banks of the old Damas River and has conserved abundant late Pleistocene mammalian fauna and flora materials. A date of 11457 ± 140 14C yrs B.P. was obtained from a molar and agrees with our stratigraphic age model. We have identified the fossils as pertaining to the species Equus (Amerhippus) andium, which confirms its presence in central-south Chile. Furthermore, the recorded geographic location indicate that the metapodial adaptations of the specimens previously described agree with the reconstructed late Pleistocene landscape of Pilauco, dominated by soft volcanic soils and isolated forest patches over large extensions of grasslands.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.84 n.4 20112011-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2011000400006en10.4067/S0716-078X2011000400006
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Equus
Equus (Amerhippus) andium
late Pleistocene
Pilauco
spellingShingle Equus
Equus (Amerhippus) andium
late Pleistocene
Pilauco
RECABARREN,OMAR P
PINO,MARIO
CID,INÉS
A new record of Equus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Late Pleistocene of central-south Chile
description Fourteen dental and bone parts of a horse excavated from the Pilauco paleontological site, Osorno (40°39' S-73°07' W) are analysed and interpreted. This site was formed in association with a peat bog located on the banks of the old Damas River and has conserved abundant late Pleistocene mammalian fauna and flora materials. A date of 11457 ± 140 14C yrs B.P. was obtained from a molar and agrees with our stratigraphic age model. We have identified the fossils as pertaining to the species Equus (Amerhippus) andium, which confirms its presence in central-south Chile. Furthermore, the recorded geographic location indicate that the metapodial adaptations of the specimens previously described agree with the reconstructed late Pleistocene landscape of Pilauco, dominated by soft volcanic soils and isolated forest patches over large extensions of grasslands.
author RECABARREN,OMAR P
PINO,MARIO
CID,INÉS
author_facet RECABARREN,OMAR P
PINO,MARIO
CID,INÉS
author_sort RECABARREN,OMAR P
title A new record of Equus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Late Pleistocene of central-south Chile
title_short A new record of Equus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Late Pleistocene of central-south Chile
title_full A new record of Equus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Late Pleistocene of central-south Chile
title_fullStr A new record of Equus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Late Pleistocene of central-south Chile
title_full_unstemmed A new record of Equus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Late Pleistocene of central-south Chile
title_sort new record of equus (mammalia: equidae) from the late pleistocene of central-south chile
publisher Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate 2011
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2011000400006
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