RT Journal Article
T1 Sharks and rays (chondrichthyes) from the Upper Cretaceous red beds of the south-central Pyrenees (Lleida, Spain): indices of an India-Eurasia connection
A1 Soler Gijón, Rodrigo
A1 López Martínez, María Nieves
AB Six chondrichthyan taxa are recorded in Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) red beds of the south-central Pyrenees (Tremp Formation, Lleida, Spain), indicating marine influence in the palaeoenvironment. Two ray species found in Spain have been previously described in India. One ray species conforms to the Gondwanan genus 19dabatis and the endernic Indian species 19dabatis indicus Prasad and Cappetta, 1993 [Prasad, G.V.R., Cappetta, H., 1993. Late Cretaceous selachian from India and the age of the Deccan traps. Palaeontology 36 (1), 231-248.] The other ray from the Tremp Formation is also close to the Indian material assigned to Rhombodus sp. 2. The lirnited dispersal abilities of benthic rays points to a shallow trans-Tethyan connection between Eurasia and India at the end of the Cretaceous. The data increase the evidence of a biogeographical re1ationship between Eurasia and Gondwanan continents at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary.
PB Elsevier
SN 0031-0182
YR 1998
FD 1998
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/56742
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/56742
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025