Turtles have served as a model system for molecular divergence dating studies using fossil calibrations. However, because some parts of the fossil record of turtles are very well known …
Peligrochelys walshae gen. et sp. nov. is a new stem turtle closely related to the clade Meiolaniidae found in the Palaeocene levels of the Salamanca Formation (Maastrichtian …
JM Jannello, IA Cerda, MS de la Fuente - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Extant turtles exhibit a range of ecological adaptations to terrestrial and pelagic marine habitats. Bone shell microanatomy, and specifically, qualitative and quantitative approaches …
P Bona, MS De La Fuente - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
New and more complete specimens of pleurodiran turtles from the Salamanca Formation (lower Paleocene) of Patagonia are described. The shell sculpturing, size, and morphology …
We describe remains of freshwater turtles from the Upper Cretaceous of Chilean Patagonia. The fossils, which comprise isolated shell fragments and incomplete appendicular bones …
JA Holley, J Sterli, NG Basso - Contributions to Zoology, 2020 - brill.com
Pan-Chelidae (Testudines, Pleurodira) is a group of side-necked turtles with a currently disjointed distribution in South America and Australasia and characterized by two …
In this work we focus on the fossil record of turtles and tortoises from the Chubut Province, in Patagonia, Argentina. This record is the richest, most diverse, the longest and continuous in …
JM Krause, CI Piña - Journal of Paleontology, 2012 - cambridge.org
Biogenic structures, herein interpreted as coprolites, were recorded in the? upper Paleocene–Eocene Las Flores Formation, southeast Argentina. The coprolite origin is …
MS de la Fuente, IJ Maniel, JM Jannello… - Comptes Rendus …, 2015 - Elsevier
The long-necked chelid turtle Yaminuechelys aff. maior is described on the basis of post- cranial material of two specimens from the Lower–Middle Campanian Anacleto Formation …