A baleen whale from the Pliocene of Nicaragua

 

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Συγγραφείς: Lucas, Spencer G., McLeod, Samuel A., Barnes, Lawrence G., Alvarado, Guillermo E., García, Ramiro, Espinoza, Edgar
Μορφή: artículo original
Κατάσταση:Versión publicada
Ημερομηνία έκδοσης:2008
Περιγραφή:An incomplete fossil skeleton of a cetacean from San Rafael del Sur in southern Nicaragua consists of 14 vertebral centra, one humerus and 10 incomplete ribs. This fossil is from the Lower Pliocene El Salto Formation and it can be identified as a balaenopterid mysticete. This is the first cetacean fossil documented from Central America and is a rare occurrence of a mysticete whale in Neogene strata of the tropical latitudes.
Χώρα:Portal de Revistas UCR
Ίδρυμα:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Γλώσσα:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/4175
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/4175
Λέξη-Κλειδί :ballenas
misticeto
Nicaragua
Formación El Salto
Plioceno
whale
mysticete
El Salto Formation
Pliocene