A forged ‘chimera’ including the second specimen of the protostegid sea turtle Santanachelys gaffneyi and shell parts of the pleurodire Araripemys from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Group of Brazil

A forged ‘chimera’ including the second specimen of the protostegid sea turtle Santanachelys gaffneyi and shell parts of the pleurodire Araripemys from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Group of Brazil

Abstract Fossils of Cretaceous sea turtles adapted to an open marine lifestyle remain rare finds to date. Furthermore, the relationships between extant sea turtles, chelonioids, and other Mesozoic marine turtles are still contested, with one key species being Santanachelys gaffneyi Hirayama, 1998, l...

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Main Authors: Torsten M. Scheyer, Gustavo R. Oliveira, Pedro S. R. Romano, Dylan Bastiaans, Lisa Falco, Gabriel S. Ferreira, Márton Rabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-05-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Subjects:
Early Cretaceous
Santana group
Romualdo Formation
Marine turtle
Protostegidae
Araripemydidae
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00271-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00271-9

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