A baleen whale from the Pliocene of Nicaragua
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| प्रकाशन तिथि: | 2008 |
| विवरण: | 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. |
| देश: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| संस्थान: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| भाषा: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/4175 |
| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/4175 |
| संकेत शब्द: | ballenas misticeto Nicaragua Formación El Salto Plioceno whale mysticete El Salto Formation Pliocene |