A review of the fossil record of turtles of the clades platychelyidae and dortokidae

Edwin Cadena, Walter G. Joyce

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Resumen

The fossil record of platychelyid turtles expands from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) of Cuba to the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Colombia. Platychelyids were adapted to freshwater to coastal environments. Current phylogenies confidently suggest that platychelyids are situated along the stem lineage of crown Pleurodira. A taxonomic review of the group concludes that of six named "platychelyid" taxa, four are valid and two are nomina nuda. Dortokids are a poorly understood group of freshwater aquatic turtles that are restricted to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) to Eocene (Lutetian) of Europe. The phylogenetic position of the group is still under debate, but there is some evidence that these turtles are positioned along the stem lineage of crown Pleurodira as well. A taxonomic review of the group concludes that of four named dortokid taxa, two are valid, one is a nomen invalidum and one a nomen nudum.

Idioma originalInglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)3-20
Número de páginas18
PublicaciónBulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
Volumen56
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublicada - abr. 1 2015
Publicado de forma externa

Áreas temáticas de ASJC Scopus

  • Ecología, evolución, comportamiento y sistemática
  • Animales y zoología
  • Botánica

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