A BALEEN WHALE FROM THE PLIOCENE OF NICARAGUA
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2009
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| author | Spencer G. Lucas |
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| contents | A BALEEN WHALE FROM THE PLIOCENE OF NICARAGUA Spencer G. Lucas Samuel A. McLeod Lawrence G. Barnes Guillermo E. Alvarado Ramiro García Edgar Espinoza Geología Whale Pliocene mysticete Nicaragua El Salto Formation An incomplete fossil skeleton of a cetacean from San Rafael del Sur in southern Nicaragua consists of 14 vertebral centra, one humerus and 10 incomplete ribs. This fossil is from the Lower Pliocene El Salto Formation and it can be identified as a balaenopterid mysticete. This is the first cetacean fossil documented from Central America and is a rare occurrence of a mysticete whale in Neogene strata of the tropical latitudes. 2009 artículo científico 0256-7024 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45437348002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=454 Revista Geológica de América Central application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista Geológica de América Central (Costa Rica) Num.41 |
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| spellingShingle | A BALEEN WHALE FROM THE PLIOCENE OF NICARAGUA Spencer G. Lucas Geología Whale Pliocene mysticete Nicaragua El Salto Formation A BALEEN WHALE FROM THE PLIOCENE OF NICARAGUA Spencer G. Lucas Samuel A. McLeod Lawrence G. Barnes Guillermo E. Alvarado Ramiro García Edgar Espinoza Geología Whale Pliocene mysticete Nicaragua El Salto Formation An incomplete fossil skeleton of a cetacean from San Rafael del Sur in southern Nicaragua consists of 14 vertebral centra, one humerus and 10 incomplete ribs. This fossil is from the Lower Pliocene El Salto Formation and it can be identified as a balaenopterid mysticete. This is the first cetacean fossil documented from Central America and is a rare occurrence of a mysticete whale in Neogene strata of the tropical latitudes. 2009 artículo científico 0256-7024 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45437348002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=454 Revista Geológica de América Central application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista Geológica de América Central (Costa Rica) Num.41 |
| title | A BALEEN WHALE FROM THE PLIOCENE OF NICARAGUA |
| topic | Geología Whale Pliocene mysticete Nicaragua El Salto Formation |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45437348002 |