Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinopterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South America

Aspidorhynchid remains are described from the Upper Cretaceous Quiriquina Formation of Chile. Although only fragments have been recovered, their characteristics allow to identify them as Belonostomus longirostris Lambe. This is the first record of this genus confirmed in Chile. B. longirostris Lambe...

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Autores principales: Brito,Paulo M, Suárez,Mario E
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2003
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spelling oai:scielo:S0716-020820030001000082003-10-21Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinopterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South AmericaBrito,Paulo MSuárez,Mario E Pisces Quiriquina Formation Upper Cretaceous Chile Aspidorhynchid remains are described from the Upper Cretaceous Quiriquina Formation of Chile. Although only fragments have been recovered, their characteristics allow to identify them as Belonostomus longirostris Lambe. This is the first record of this genus confirmed in Chile. B. longirostris Lambe had a South American/Pacific marginal pattern of distribution, showing more affinities with the North American fauna than to the South American Atlantic one.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessServicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)Revista geológica de Chile v.30 n.1 20032003-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-02082003000100008en10.4067/S0716-02082003000100008
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Pisces
Quiriquina Formation
Upper Cretaceous
Chile
spellingShingle Pisces
Quiriquina Formation
Upper Cretaceous
Chile
Brito,Paulo M
Suárez,Mario E
Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinopterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South America
description Aspidorhynchid remains are described from the Upper Cretaceous Quiriquina Formation of Chile. Although only fragments have been recovered, their characteristics allow to identify them as Belonostomus longirostris Lambe. This is the first record of this genus confirmed in Chile. B. longirostris Lambe had a South American/Pacific marginal pattern of distribution, showing more affinities with the North American fauna than to the South American Atlantic one.
author Brito,Paulo M
Suárez,Mario E
author_facet Brito,Paulo M
Suárez,Mario E
author_sort Brito,Paulo M
title Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinopterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South America
title_short Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinopterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South America
title_full Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinopterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South America
title_fullStr Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinopterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South America
title_full_unstemmed Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinopterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South America
title_sort late cretaceous belonostomus (pisces, actinopterygii, aspidorhynchidae) from algarrobo, chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in south america
publisher Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)
publishDate 2003
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-02082003000100008
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