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Cetacean remains from the Neogene of northwestern Venezuela

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Cetacean remains from two different stratigraphic units exposed in Falcon State, northwestern Venezuela, are described. The first record is derived from the Lower Miocene Cantaure Formation and the second from the Lower Pliocene Punta Gavilán Formation, The two specimens are identified as an indeterminate species of a platanistoid Squalodelphinidae, and an indeterminate cetothere or balaenopterid, respectively.

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Neue Funde von Cetacea werden von zwei unterschiedlichen stratigraphischen Einheiten aus dem Staat Falcon, NW-Venezuela, beschrieben. Der erste Fund stammt aus der unter-miozänen Cantaure-Formation, der zweite aus der unter-pliozänen Punta Gavilän-Formation. Eines der beiden Stücke gehört zu einer bisher unbeschriebenen Art platanistoider Squalodelphinidae und das andere zu einem unbestimmten Cetotheren oder Balaenopteriden.

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    Mario A. Cozzuol

  2. Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Básicas, Complejo Docente Los Perozos, Carretera Variante Sur, Coro, 4101, Estado Falcón, Venezuela

    Orangel A. Aguilera

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Cozzuol, M.A., Aguilera, O.A. Cetacean remains from the Neogene of northwestern Venezuela. Paläont. Z. 82, 196–203 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02988409

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