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<journal-id>1026-8774</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ciencias geológicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. cienc. geol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1026-8774</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1026-87742005000100019</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Lamnoid vertebrae from the Agua Nueva Formation (Upper Cretaceous: lower Turonian), northeastern Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Vértebras de un tiburón lamniforme de la Formación Agua Nueva (Cretácico Superior: Turoniano inferior), noreste de México]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Blanco-Piñón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Shimada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kenshu]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Barba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,DePaul University Environmental Science Program and Department of Biological Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fort Hays State University Sternberg Museum of Natural History ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
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<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur Departmento de Geología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2005</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2005</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>19</fpage>
<lpage>23</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1026-87742005000100019&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1026-87742005000100019&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1026-87742005000100019&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract A partial vertebral series of a lamniform shark (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) occurred in the &#8220;Vallecillo fish Member&#8221; of the Agua Nueva Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Lower Turonian) at Vallecillo, Mexico. Its taxonomic assignment below the ordinal level is tenuous, but the vertebrae closely resemble those of cretoxyrhinid sharks.This report represents the first documentation of a Cretaceous lamniform shark in northeastern Mexico. The shark could have measured slightly over 3 m in total body length. Because the vertebrae are articulated and are three-dimensionally preserved, they are thought to be deposited rather quickly on a soft oceanfloor after decomposition of most of the shark carcass.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Una serie de vértebras de la columna vertebral de un tiburón lamniforme (Chondrychthyes: Elasmobrachii) son reportadas en el &#8220;Miembro Vallecillo&#8221; de la Formación Agua Nueva (Cretácico Superior: Turoniano Inferior), en Vallecillo, México. Aunque su determinación taxonómica no fue realizada a nivel inferior al de Orden, las vértebras semejan aquellas pertenecientes a tiburones cretoxyrhinidos. Este reporte representa la primera documentación en México de un tiburón lamniforme del Cretácico. Este tiburón pudo haber tenido una longitud corporal ligeramente mayor a los 3 m. Debido a que las vértebras están articuladas y preservadas en tres dimensiones, éstas debieron ser depositadas relativamente rápido en un sedimento suave a fluido después de la descomposición de las partes blandas del tiburón.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vertebral series]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Turonian]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vallecillo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[lamniformes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tiburón]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vértebras]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Turoniano]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Vallecillo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
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