Ictiofauna del mioceno inferior de la localidad de Pacuare de Tres Equis, formación río Banano, provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica, y descripción de un nuevo género y una nueva especie de scaridaeA studied of the Lower Miocene fish fauna of the Pacuare de Tres Equis locality is made. In this area it is recorded 8 genera of sharks: Heptranchias, Megaselachus, Isurus, Carcharias, Mitsukurina, Hemipristis, Negaprion and Carcharhinus; and 6 families of osteichthyans, Sparidae, Acanthuridae, Scaridae, Labridae, Sphyraenidae and Tetraodontidae. This fish assemblage points out to infralittoral-neritic, tropical warming waters environments with normal salinity.
Formación Río Banano; Mioceno Inferior; Heptranchias; Mitsukurina; Carcharhinidae; Scaridae; Costa Rica