Fossil Cetacea (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Eurhinodelphinoidea, Inioidea, Physeterioidea) of the Curré Formation, Upper Miocene (early-late Hemphillian) of Costa Rica
Four new records of Odontoceti are described for the Upper Miocene of Southern Central America; these founds suggest a strength sea connection between the North Atlantic Coast of Europe, the Coastal Plain of North America with the tropical East Pacific Ocean. On the other hand, the fossil record of...
| Published in: | Revista Geológica de América Central |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de Costa Rica
2011
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/1902 https://doi.org/10.15517/rgac.v0i46.1902 |
| Summary: | Four new records of Odontoceti are described for the Upper Miocene of Southern Central America; these founds suggest a strength sea connection between the North Atlantic Coast of Europe, the Coastal Plain of North America with the tropical East Pacific Ocean. On the other hand, the fossil record of the river dolphin Goniodelphis sp., shows an important affinity between the ancient coastal wetlands of Florida and the epicontinental sediments of the Curré Formation at Costa Rica. Cuatro nuevos registros de Odontoceti son descritos para el Mioceno Superior del sur de América Central; estos hallazgos sugieren una fuerte conexión marina entre la costa del Atlántico Norte de Europa, la Planicie Costera de América del Norte con el trópico del Pacífico oriental. Por otro lado el registro fósil del delfín de río Goniodelphis sp., muestra una importante afinidad entre los antiguos humedales costeros de la Florida y los sedimentos epicontinentales de la Formación Curré en Costa Rica. |
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