PRESENCE OF PTYCHODUS MORTINI (ELASMOBRANCHII: PTYCHODONTIDAE) IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF VENEZUELA
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Description: | Ptychodus mortoni is a durophagous shark characteristic from the Upper Cretaceous, with a chronostratigraphic record between the Turonian-Maastrichtian. The present contribution illustrates and describes a set of teeth of Ptychodus mortoni from the La Luna Formation, Upper Cretaceous of the Sierra de Perijá, Zulia State, Venezuela. This material represents the only known record for South America, increasing the paleobiogeographi distribution of the taxon, which was previously known only from Africa, North America and Europe. |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/1837 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/1837 |
| Keyword: | chondrichthyes cretácico superior formación la luna sierra de perijá Venezuela late cretaceous la luna formation venezuela |