Fragmentary remains of Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Lower Tagus Basin (Portugal)
This first systematic account of the scarcely studied Miocene cetaceans from Portugal describes 17 previously unpublished odontocete specimens from the Lower Tagus Basin. In spite of their fragmentary nature, at least a familial assignment was accomplished for most, and some were even tentatively as...
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ftunivalenciaojs:oai:ojs.uv.es:article/20524 2023-05-15T17:30:55+02:00 Fragmentary remains of Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Lower Tagus Basin (Portugal) Estevens, Mário Antunes, Miguel Antunes 2021-03-03 application/pdf https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/sjpalaeontology/article/view/20524 https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.19.1.20524 eng eng Sociedad Española de Paleontología (SEP) https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/sjpalaeontology/article/view/20524/18315 https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/sjpalaeontology/article/view/20524 doi:10.7203/sjp.19.1.20524 Copyright (c) 2021 Spanish Journal of Palaeontology Spanish Journal of Palaeontology; Vol. 19, Núm. 1 (2004): REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE PALEONTOLOGÍA; 93-108 2660-9568 2255-0550 paleontologia de invertebrados taxonomía paleobiogeografía Cetacea Odontoceti Miocene Portugal paleobiogeographic correlations info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Artículo revisado por pares 2021 ftunivalenciaojs https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.19.1.20524 2023-02-09T18:33:54Z This first systematic account of the scarcely studied Miocene cetaceans from Portugal describes 17 previously unpublished odontocete specimens from the Lower Tagus Basin. In spite of their fragmentary nature, at least a familial assignment was accomplished for most, and some were even tentatively ascribed to known genera: the Physeteridae are represented only by isolated teeth of “Scaldicetus” type; the Platanistidae by a tympanic not definitely assigned to a particular genus; the Eurhinodelphinidae by a lumbar vertebra and an atlas, both only tentatively referred to this family; and the Kentriodontidae comprise the most diversified forms, including rostral and mandibular fragments of a kentriodontine close to Rudicetus, isolated teeth of another kentriodontine (cf. Macrokentriodon sp.), and rostral and mandibular fragments of an undetermined lophocetine. Some additional scrappy remains are listed only as Odontoceti indet. This small sample includes forms known both from the eastern and western North Atlantic, and the Mediterranean,thus reasserting the importance of the geographic position of Portugal as a link between all of these regions. Further systematic research may precise with which of them the Lower Tagus Basin Miocene odontocete fauna has a closer relationship, although, based on this preliminary data, the greater similarity seems at present to be with the western North Atlantic. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Universitat de València: Open Journal Systems Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 19 1 93 |
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This first systematic account of the scarcely studied Miocene cetaceans from Portugal describes 17 previously unpublished odontocete specimens from the Lower Tagus Basin. In spite of their fragmentary nature, at least a familial assignment was accomplished for most, and some were even tentatively ascribed to known genera: the Physeteridae are represented only by isolated teeth of “Scaldicetus” type; the Platanistidae by a tympanic not definitely assigned to a particular genus; the Eurhinodelphinidae by a lumbar vertebra and an atlas, both only tentatively referred to this family; and the Kentriodontidae comprise the most diversified forms, including rostral and mandibular fragments of a kentriodontine close to Rudicetus, isolated teeth of another kentriodontine (cf. Macrokentriodon sp.), and rostral and mandibular fragments of an undetermined lophocetine. Some additional scrappy remains are listed only as Odontoceti indet. This small sample includes forms known both from the eastern and western North Atlantic, and the Mediterranean,thus reasserting the importance of the geographic position of Portugal as a link between all of these regions. Further systematic research may precise with which of them the Lower Tagus Basin Miocene odontocete fauna has a closer relationship, although, based on this preliminary data, the greater similarity seems at present to be with the western North Atlantic. |
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Fragmentary remains of Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Lower Tagus Basin (Portugal) |
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Fragmentary remains of Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Lower Tagus Basin (Portugal) |
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Fragmentary remains of Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Lower Tagus Basin (Portugal) |
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Fragmentary remains of Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Lower Tagus Basin (Portugal) |
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Fragmentary remains of Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Lower Tagus Basin (Portugal) |
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fragmentary remains of odontocetes (cetacea, mammalia) from the miocene of the lower tagus basin (portugal) |
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