Largest shell of a basal eucryptodiran turtle reveals Late Jurassic Thalassemys hugii in the British record

Adán Pérez-García

doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.06.003

Largest shell of a basal eucryptodiran turtle reveals Late Jurassic Thalassemys hugii in the British record

Adán Pérez-García

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2015.06.003

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Journal: Comptes rendus - Palevol	Publication Date: Aug 28, 2015
Citations: 10

Affiliation: National University of Distance Education, University of Lisbon

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A British turtle specimen with the largest shell of a basal eucryptodiran turtle recognized globally is presented and analyzed. It belongs to Thalassemys hugii, the type species of both Thalassemys and Thalassemydidae, a poorly-known European Late Jurassic clade. T. hugii is recognized outside Central Europe for the first time. Therefore, this finding offers new data on its geographical distribution and on its intraspecific variability.

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