Lower Miocene ichthyofauna from the locality of Pacuare de Tres Equis, Río Banano Formation, Cartago province, Costa Rica and description of a new genus and species of Scaridae
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2014 |
| Descripció: | A studied of the Lower Miocene fish fauna of the Pacuare de Tres Equis locality is made. In this area it is recorded 8 genera of sharks: Heptranchias, Megaselachus, Isurus, Carcharias, Mitsukurina, Hemipristis, Negaprion and Carcharhinus; and 6 families of osteichthyans, Sparidae, Acanthuridae, Scaridae, Labridae, Sphyraenidae and Tetraodontidae. This fish assemblage points out to infra-littoral-neritic, tropical warming waters environments with normal salinity. |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15121 |
| Accés en línia: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/15121 |
| Paraula clau: | Rio Banano Formation Lower Miocene Heptranchias Mitsukurina Carcharhinidae Scaridae Costa Rica Formación Río Banano Mioceno Inferior |