M. S. de la Fuente et al. 1995
Full reference
M. S. de la Fuente, S. N. Santillana, and S. A. Marensi. 1995. An Eocene leatherback turtle (Cryptodira; Dermochelyidae) from Seymour Island, Antarctica. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 31:21-34 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
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| ID number: | 66662 |
| Created: | 2018-08-27 12:47:52 |
| Publication type: | journal article |
| Taxonomy: | stated with evidence |
| Language: | English |
| Comments: The outcrops of La Meseta Formation from Seymour Island yielded the first Antarctic fossil remains of Dermochelyid. It consist of isolated platelets and a small portion of the shell of epithecal nature. This epithecal armor is only known in Middle- Upper Eocene to Recent members of the family Dermochelyidae among the turtles. The Antarctic specimens are tentatively referred to Psephophorus, a genus whose species are recorded from Middle - Upper Eocene to Pliocene of Europe, New Zealand and North America. | |
Taxonomic opinions (4) - view classification
'Chelonioidea belongs to Cryptodira' according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 1995
'Cryptodira belongs to Chelonii' according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 1995
'Dermochelyidae belongs to Chelonioidea' according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 1995
'Psephophorus belongs to Dermochelyidae' according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 1995
'Cryptodira belongs to Chelonii' according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 1995
'Dermochelyidae belongs to Chelonioidea' according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 1995
'Psephophorus belongs to Dermochelyidae' according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 1995