Buenos Aires de Palmares ( of Costa Rica)

Where: Alajuela, Costa Rica (10.1° N, 84.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.6° N, 83.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Blancan to Blancan (4.9 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2005

Primary reference: C. A. Laurito, A. L. Valerio, and E. A. Pérez Gamboa. 2005. Los Xenarthras fósiles de la localidad de Buenos Aires de Palmares (Blancano tardío- Irvingtoniano temprano), provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica. Revista Geológica de América Central 33:83-90 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192089: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juan Carrillo on 08.03.2018, edited by Miranta Kouvari

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903 glyptodon
CFM- 1733, CFM-1735,1736 ,1745, 1842,1844, 1845
 Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
Pachyarmatherium leiseyi Downing and White 1995 edentate
CFM 1734