Early pliocene fishes (Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes) from Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain)

• Published in: Estudios Geológicos
• Main Authors: Betancort-Lozano, Juan Francisco, Lomoschitz, Alejandro, Meco, J.
• Other Authors: 6602503518, 6507150380, 6602093969
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: 241605 Paleontología de los vertebrados; Biogeography; Palaeoclimatology; Pillow-lavas dating; Subtropical North Atlantic; Central American Seaway; Mediterranean Flood; Fósiles; Los Dientes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/19787; https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.42380.399

Fossil fish teeth are contained in marine deposits dated at ca 4.8 Ma found on the islands of Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain). These islands, situated in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre, can be con-sidered a mid-way stopover point between the Caribbean Sea, with the Centra...