A forged ‘chimera’ including the second specimen of the protostegid sea turtle Santanachelys gaffneyi and shell parts of the pleurodire Araripemys from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Group of Brazil
Abstract Fossils of Cretaceous sea turtles adapted to an open marine lifestyle remain rare finds to date. Furthermore, the relationships between extant sea turtles, chelonioids, and other Mesozoic marine turtles are still contested, with one key species being Santanachelys gaffneyi Hirayama, 1998, l...
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Pensoft Publishers
2023-05-01
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| Col·lecció: | Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |
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| Accés en línia: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00271-9 |
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