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Sociedad de Biología de Chile
2011
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- A new record of Equus (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Late Pleistocene of central-south Chile OMAR P. RECABARREN MARIO PINO INÉS CID Biología Equus Pilauco late Pleistocene Equus (Amerhippus)andium Four teen dental and bone par ts of a horse excavated from the Pilauco paleontological site, Osorno (40º39’ S-73º07’ 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 conser ved abundant late Pleistocene mammalian fauna and fl ora materials. A date of 11457 ± 140 14C yrs B.P. was obtained from a molar and agrees with our stratigraphic age model. We have identifi ed the fossils as per taining to the species Equus (Amerhippus) andium, which confi rms its presence in central-south Chile. Fur thermore, 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. 2011 artículo científico 0716-078X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=369944645006 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3699 Revista Chilena de Historia Natural application/pdf Sociedad de Biología de Chile Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (Chile) Num.4 Vol.84