Shark teeth from Pirabas Formation (Lower Miocene), northeastern Amazonia, Brazil

Authors

  • Sue Anne Regina Ferreira Costa Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi image/svg+xml
    • Martha Richter The Natural History Museum
      • Peter Mann de Toledo National Institute for Space Research image/svg+xml
        • Heloísa Maria Moraes-Santos Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi image/svg+xml

          DOI:

          https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v4i3.650

          Keywords:

          Pirabas Formation, Chondrichthyes, Neogene, Amazonia

          Abstract

          The shark fauna (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) of Pirabas Formation is one of the most representative and diversified of the Neogene of South America. This fauna is associated with the early Miocene transgression resulting from the global sea level rise. In this paper, the composition of the Pirabas shark fauna is re-evaluated based on new fossil findings. The occurrence of the following taxa is confirmed: Carcharhinus sp.1, Carcharhinus sp.2, Carcharhinus
          cf. macloti, Carcharhinus priscus, Galeocerdo sp., Sphyrna cf. media, Hemipristis serra, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Isurus sp., Ginglymostoma sp., Nebrius obliquus.

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          12/21/2009

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          Vol. 4 No. 3 (2009): Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais

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          How to Cite

          Costa, S. A. R. F., Richter, M., Toledo, P. M. de, & Moraes-Santos, H. M. (2009). Shark teeth from Pirabas Formation (Lower Miocene), northeastern Amazonia, Brazil. Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais, 4(3), 221-230. https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v4i3.650

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