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Los peces (Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes) del Plioceno inferior de Gran Canaria y Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias, España)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Betancort, Juan F. Lomoschitz, Alejandro Meco, Joaquín |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Fossil fish teeth are contained in marine deposits dated at ca 4.8 Ma found on the islands of Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain). These islands, situated in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre, can be considered a mid-way stopover point between the Caribbean Sea, with the Central American Seaway about to close in this epoch, and the Mediterranean, in the first stage of its post-Messinian Gibraltar Seaway period. Accordingly, there existed extensive pantropical communication, particularly for nektonic animals capable of travelling large distances. In this paper, we present a number of fossil fishes, most of which are identified for the first time on the basis of their teeth: the Chondrichthyes species Carcharocles megalodon, Parotodus benedeni, Cosmopolitodus hastalis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Carcharias cf. acutissima, Carcharhinus cf. leucas, Carcharhinus cf. priscus, Galeocerdo cf. aduncus , and the Osteichthyes species Archosargus cinctus, Labrodon pavimentatum , and Diodon scillae . Coincidences are observed between these ichthyofauna and specimens found in the Azores Islands, the Pacific coast of America and the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Starting Page | 054 |
| Ending Page | 054 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.3989/egeol.42380.399 |
| Volume Number | 72 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://bibacceda01.ulpgc.es:8443/bitstream/10553/19787/4/Tiburones_Estudios%20geologicos.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/download/947/1098 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.42380.399 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
