Cetacean remains from the Neogene of northwestern Venezuela |
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| Authors: | Mario A. Cozzuol Orangel A. Aguilera |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil;(2) Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Básicas, Complejo Docente Los Perozos, Carretera Variante Sur, Coro, 4101 Estado Falcón, Venezuela |
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| Abstract: | Cetacean remains from two different stratigraphic units exposed in Falcon State, northwestern Venezuela, are described. The first record is derived from the Lower Miocene Cantaure Formation and the second from the Lower Pliocene Punta Gavilán Formation, The two specimens are identified as an indeterminate species of a platanistoid Squalodelphinidae, and an indeterminate cetothere or balaenopterid, respectively. |
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| Keywords: | Cetacea Squalodelphinidae Cetotheriidae Balaenopteridae Neogene Caribbean |
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