New fossil remains of an Odontoceti (Mammalia: Cetacea, Physeteroidea) from the Late Miocene of Panama, Central America

 

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Autori: Vigil, Dioselina I., Laurito, Cesar A.
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:2014
Descrizione:A fragment of a crown and an isolated lower commissural tooth of a sperm whale of the Family Physetheridae are described. The dental remains were recovered from the upper bathyal sediments of the Chagres Formation (late Miocene), with a strong Pacific affinity in the locality of the Piña Town in the Caribbean littoral of Panama.
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15123
Accesso online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/15123
Keyword:Mammalia
Cetacea
Physetheridae
Late Miocene
Chagres Formation
Panama
Mioceno Tardío
Formación Chagres
Panamá