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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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Revista Geológica de América Central
Main Authors: Vigil, Dioselina I., Laurito, Cesar A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2014
Subjects:
Mammalia
Cetacea
Physetheridae
Late Miocene
Chagres Formation
Panama
Mioceno Tardío
Formación Chagres
Panamá
Pacific
Fuerte
Sperm whale
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/15123
https://doi.org/10.15517/rgac.v0i50.15123
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Summary: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. Un fragmento de corona y un diente aislado, inferior y comisural de una ballena de esperma de la Familia Physeteridae son descritos. Los restos dentales fueron colectados en sedimentos batiales superiores de la Formación Chagres (Mioceno Tardío) con fuerte afinidad del Pacifico en la localidad de el poblado de Piña en el litoral caribeño de Panamá.

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