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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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
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/15123
https://doi.org/10.15517/rgac.v0i50.15123