A baleen whale from the Pliocene of Nicaragua

Spencer G. Lucas; Samuel A. McLeod; Lawrence G. Barnes; Guillermo E. Alvarado; Ramiro García; Edgar Espinoza

doi:10.15517/rgac.v0i41.4175

Vol. 41 (2009), Articles

Vol. 41 (2009)

A baleen whale from the Pliocene of Nicaragua

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https://doi.org/10.15517/rgac.v0i41.4175

Published September 23, 2008

Spencer G. Lucas⁺⁻
Samuel A. McLeod⁺⁻
Lawrence G. Barnes⁺⁻
Guillermo E. Alvarado⁺⁻
Ramiro García⁺⁻
Edgar Espinoza⁺⁻

Spencer G. Lucas

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Samuel A. McLeod

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology

Lawrence G. Barnes

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology

Guillermo E. Alvarado

Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela Centroamericana de Geología

Ramiro García

Museo Nacional de Nicaragua

Edgar Espinoza

Museo Nacional de Nicaragua

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ballenas
misticeto
Nicaragua
Formación El Salto
Plioceno
whale
mysticete
El Salto Formation
Pliocene

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Lucas, S. G., McLeod, S. A., Barnes, L. G., Alvarado, G. E., García, R., & Espinoza, E. (2008). A baleen whale from the Pliocene of Nicaragua. Revista geológica De América Central, 41. https://doi.org/10.15517/rgac.v0i41.4175

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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.

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