Primer registro de aves fósiles (Pelecaniformes: Pelecanidae y un probable Odontopterygifomres: Pelagornithidae) para el Mioceno Superior de Costa Rica

  • Valerio A
  • Laurito C
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For the first time, remains of two fossil marine birds are recorded for Costa Rica; these fossils came out from the Upper Miocene Curré Formation. These finds are associated to shallow marine sediments and conform other marine fossil vertebrates such as cetaceans, sharks and rays. RESUMEN: Se registran por primera vez para Costa Rica restos de dos aves marinas fósiles (Aves: Pelecaniformes y Odontopterygiformes) procedentes de la Formación Curré de edad Mioceno Superior. Estos hallazgos están asociados a sedimentos marino someros y concuerdan con otros vertebrados fósiles marinos asociados como cetáceos, tiburones y rayas.

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Valerio, A. L., & Laurito, C. A. (2011). Primer registro de aves fósiles (Pelecaniformes: Pelecanidae y un probable Odontopterygifomres: Pelagornithidae) para el Mioceno Superior de Costa Rica. Revista Geológica de América Central, (49). https://doi.org/10.15517/rgac.v0i49.13170

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