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1 April 2011 First Record of Eucryptodiran Turtles from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), at the Northernmost Part of South America
Edwin A. Cadena
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Abstract

New fossil turtle material from the Early Cretaceous of (Valanginian) of Colombia is described here. The material consists of carapace bones discovered in shallow marine sequences of the Rosablanca Formation, Eastern Cordillera, Zapatoca, Department of Santander. These fossils represent the oldest record of eucryptodiran turtles for the northernmost part of South America. Although detailed taxonomic resolution cannot be defined within Eucryptodira, the material resembles marine turtles in morphology and histology particularly to Protostegidae clade. Eucryptodires are the new element in the reptilian fauna of the Rosablanca Formation, which also has panpleurodires turtles, undescribed fish, plesiosaurs, and ichthyosaurs.

© 2011 Brazilian Society of Herpetology
Edwin A. Cadena "First Record of Eucryptodiran Turtles from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), at the Northernmost Part of South America," South American Journal of Herpetology 6(1), 49-53, (1 April 2011). https://doi.org/10.2994/057.006.0107
Received: 26 March 2010; Accepted: 1 March 2011; Published: 1 April 2011
KEYWORDS
Colombia
Eucryptodira
South America
turtles
Valanginian
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