A stem delphinidan from the Caribbean region of Venezuela

• Published in: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Benites-Palomino, Aldo, Reyes-Cespedes, Andres E., Aguirre-Fernández, Gabriel, Sánchez, Rodolfo, Carrillo-Briceño, Jorge D., Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.
• Other Authors: Swiss National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Paleontology; Fossa; Pacific; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13358-021-00217-z; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s13358-021-00217-z.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13358-021-00217-z/fulltext.html

Abstract The dense Miocene record of cetaceans is known from localities along the coasts of all continents, mostly in the northern Atlantic or the eastern Pacific regions, but Antarctica. Fossils from the Caribbean region are few and include of a couple of findings from Panama and Venezuela. Here, w...