New fossil remains of an odontoceti (mammalia: Cetacea, physeteroidea) from the late miocene of Panama, Central America

[摘要] 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.

[学科分类] 地质学