Resumo

VIGIL, Dioselina I  e  LAURITO, César A. New fossil remains of an odontoceti (mammalia: Cetacea, physeteroidea) from the late miocene of Panama, Central America. Rev. Geol. Amér. Central [online]. 2014, n.50, pp.213-217. ISSN 0256-7024.

A fragment of a crown and an isolated lower commissural tooth of a sperm whale of the Family Physetheridae are described. The dental remains were recovered from the upper bathyal sediments of the Chagres Forma tion (late Miocene), with a strong Pacific affinity in the locality of the Piña Town in the Caribbean littoral of Panama.

Palavras-chave : Mammalia; Cetacea; Physetheridae; Late Miocene; Chagres Formation; Panama.

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