Revista geológica de América central ISSN Impreso: 0256-7024 ISSN electrónico: 2215-261X

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Lower Miocene ichthyofauna from the locality of Pacuare de Tres Equis, Río Banano Formation, Cartago province, Costa Rica and description of a new genus and species of Scaridae
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Keywords

Rio Banano Formation
Lower Miocene
Heptranchias
Mitsukurina
Carcharhinidae
Scaridae
Costa Rica
Formación Río Banano
Mioceno Inferior
Heptranchias
Mitsukurina
Carcharhinidae
Scaridae
Costa Rica

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Laurito, C. A., Calvo, C., Valerio, A. L., Calvo, A., & Chacón, R. (2014). Lower Miocene ichthyofauna from the locality of Pacuare de Tres Equis, Río Banano Formation, Cartago province, Costa Rica and description of a new genus and species of Scaridae. Revista geológica De América Central, 50, 153–192. https://doi.org/10.15517/rgac.v0i50.15121

Abstract

A studied of the Lower Miocene fish fauna of the Pacuare de Tres Equis locality is made. In this area it is recorded 8 genera of sharks: Heptranchias, Megaselachus, Isurus, Carcharias, Mitsukurina, Hemipristis, Negaprion and Carcharhinus; and 6 families of osteichthyans, Sparidae, Acanthuridae, Scaridae, Labridae, Sphyraenidae and Tetraodontidae. This fish assemblage points out to infra-littoral-neritic, tropical warming waters environments with normal salinity.
https://doi.org/10.15517/rgac.v0i50.15121
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