Unusual shell anatomy and osteohistology in a new Late Cretaceous panchelid turtle from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

Unusual shell anatomy and osteohistology in a new Late Cretaceous panchelid turtle from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

Rionegrochelys caldieroi de la Fuente, Maniel, and Jannello gen. et sp. nov. is a Late Cretaceous turtle from Rio Negro Province, Argentina. The holotype and the referred specimens of this new species show an unusual shell morphology and microanatomy. The proportion between the carapace and plastron...

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Main Authors: Marcelo S. De La Fuente, Ignacio Maniel, Juan Marcos Jannello, Juliana Sterli, Alberto C. Garrido, Rodolfo A. Garcia, Leonardo Salgado, José I. Canudo, Raúl Bolatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2017-09-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Testudines
Pleurodira
post-cranial morphology
paleohistology
Cretaceous
Argentina
Río Negro
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app62/app003402017.pdf

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