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Fossil Chondrichthyans from the Upper Pliocene Horcón Formation, Valparaíso Region, central Chile

Revista chilena de historia natural, 2013-06, Vol.86 (2), p.191-206 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ;ISSN: 0716-078X ;EISSN: 0717-6317 ;DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2013000200008

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  • Title:
    Fossil Chondrichthyans from the Upper Pliocene Horcón Formation, Valparaíso Region, central Chile
  • Author: CARRILLO-BRICEÑO, JORGE D ; GONZÁLEZ-BARBA, GERARDO ; LANDAETA, MAURICIO F ; NIELSEN, SVEN N
  • Subjects: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ; ECOLOGY
  • Is Part Of: Revista chilena de historia natural, 2013-06, Vol.86 (2), p.191-206
  • Description: Twelve taxa of chondrichthyan fossils from strata assigned to the Upper Pliocene of the Horcón Formation, Valparaiso region, central Chile, are described and prior records paleobiogeography and paleoenvironmental implications are discussed. The fauna includes Callorhinchus sp., Heterodontus sp., Carcharodon carcharias, Isurus oxyrinchus, Galeorhinus galeus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Hexanchus griseus, Squatina sp., Pristiophorus sp., Rajidae, Dasyatidae and Myliobatidae. This is one of the most diverse chondrichthyan associations of the Late Neogene of Chile and the rest of South America.
  • Publisher: Sociedad de Biología de Chile
  • Language: Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0716-078X
    EISSN: 0717-6317
    DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2013000200008
  • Source: SciELO
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