New fossil remains of an Odontoceti (Mammalia: Cetacea, Physeteroidea) from the Late Miocene of Panama, Central America
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...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15123 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/15123 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mammalia Cetacea Physetheridae Late Miocene Chagres Formation Panama Mioceno Tardío Formación Chagres Panamá |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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