First Paleogene selachifauna of the middle American-Caribbean Antillean region, La Mesa de Copoya, west-central Chiapas, Mexico—systematics and paleontological significance

  • Ismael Ferrusquia-Villafranca Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Shelton P. Applegate Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Luis Espinosa-Arrubarrena Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Keywords: Selachifauna, Paleogene, La Mesa de Copoya, Chiapas, Mexico.

Abstract

La Mesa Central de Copoya, Selachifauna, middle Eocene San Juan Formation, the Tuxtla Gutiérrez-Chiapas de Corzo-Suchiapa area, west-central Chiapas, southeastern Mexico, consists of these taxa: Nebrius sp., Strilatolamnia macrota, Carcharias sp., Odontaspis? sp., Isurus cf., I. praecursor, Carcharodon auriculatus, Hemipristis sp., Galeocerdo sp., an indeterminated odontaspid, and a posible carcharhinid…  download the full paper in PDF.

Published
2018-11-06
Section
Regular Papers