Fossil Cetacea (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Eurhinodelphinoidea, Inioidea, Physeterioidea) of the Curré Formation, Upper Miocene (early-late Hemphillian) of Costa Rica

• Published in: Revista Geológica de América Central
• Main Authors: Valerio, Ana L., Laurito, César A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2011
• Subjects: eurhinodelphinidae; iniidea; kentriodontidae; physeteridae; upper miocene; costa rica; iniidae; mioceno superior; Pacific; Fósiles; Fuerte; Delfín; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/1902; https://doi.org/10.15517/rgac.v0i46.1902

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...