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]
Metadata
| 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(+)