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Ictiofauna de la localidad de San Gerardo de Limoncito, Formación Curré, Mioceno Superior, cantón de Coto Brus, provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica

2011; University of Costa Rica; Issue: 39 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15517/rgac.v0i39.12249

2215-261X

César A. Laurito, Ana L. Valerio,

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Remains of selachians (sharks and rays) and other icthiolites have been collected from the Upper Mio- cene locality of San Gerardo of Limoncito. Three new records of fossil species of sharks are described for Central America and the Caribbean Region: Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861), Isogomphodon caneullensis (Cappetta, 1970) and Sphyrna arambourgi (Cappetta, 1970). The fauna of the Curré Formation is notable for the strong Tethisian affinity with the paleomediterranean faunas.