- Tytuł:
- The European Early Cretaceous cryptodiran turtle Chitracephalus dumonii and the diversity of a poorly known lineage of turtles
- Autorzy:
- Perez-Garcia, A.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/21609.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2012
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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Europe
Lower Cretaceous
cryptodiran turtle
turtle
Chitracephalus dumonii
animal diversity
Testudines
Eucryptodira
Cryptodira
Cretaceous
Belgium
Spain
synonym
paleontology
phylogenetic analysis
systematics
holotype
Salasemys pulcherrima - Opis:
- Chitracephalus dumonii was named based on some of the most complete turtle remains from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe, and yet the taxon has barely been mentioned since. Indeed, new specimens were erroneously attributed to a new taxon, “Salasemys pulcherrima”. The synonymy is recognized here, and this extends the geographical range of this turtle and provides examples of individuals at different stages of ontogenetic development. The peculiar structure of its shell, and its ontogenetic development, are unique to this taxon. The systematic position of C. dumonii was previously unclear, usually being referred to Testudinata incertae sedis. Here, it is placed in a cladistic analysis, which shows that C. dumonii, and the recently described Hoyasemys jimenezi form part of a Lower Cretaceous European clade of Cryptodira that includes “macrobaenid”, “sinemydid”, and panchelonioidean turtles.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2012, 57, 3
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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