A baleen whale from the Pliocene of Nicaragua

 

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Yazarlar: Lucas, Spencer G., McLeod, Samuel A., Barnes, Lawrence G., Alvarado, Guillermo E., García, Ramiro, Espinoza, Edgar
Materyal Türü: artículo original
Durum:Versión publicada
Yayın Tarihi:2008
Diğer Bilgiler: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.
Ülke:Portal de Revistas UCR
Kurum:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Dil:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/4175
Online Erişim:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/4175
Anahtar Kelime:ballenas
misticeto
Nicaragua
Formación El Salto
Plioceno
whale
mysticete
El Salto Formation
Pliocene