2014
DOI: 10.3374/014.055.0207
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Allaeochelys libyca, a New Carettochelyine Turtle from the Middle Miocene (Langhian) of Libya

Abstract: Fossil carettochelyine turtles are well known from the Paleogene of Europe (Allaeochelys), North America and Asia (Anosteira); however, the previously known Neogene fossil record is highly fragmentary and was therefore unsuitable for taxonomic analysis. In this work, we present a new carettochelyine taxon, Allaeochelys libyca, from the Middle Miocene (Langhian) of Gebel Zelten (Libya) based on an incomplete skull and disarticulated postcranial elements. The new taxon is diagnosed relative to the extant Caretto… Show more

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“…(), Cadena (), Havlik et al . () and Zhou & Rabi () were added. We also added 58 new cranial and mandibular characters.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(), Cadena (), Havlik et al . () and Zhou & Rabi () were added. We also added 58 new cranial and mandibular characters.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The majority of carettochelyid fossil finds are shell fragments (Joyce, 2014), which can be diagnostic by their highly distinct surface texture (e.g., Hutchison, 1996). Cranial remains have been reported from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan (Nessov, 1977a, b, c), the Eocene of China (Danilov et al, 2017), England (Lydekker, 1889), France (Godinot et al, 2018), Germany (Harrassowitz, 1922;Joyce et al, 2012), and Spain (Joyce, 2014), and the Miocene of Libya (Havlik et al, 2014), but only a few specimens have been properly figured and described.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Gaffney (1979, fig. 173) provided a reconstruction of this fossil (FMNH PR966) under the name "Anosteira" or "Pseudanosteira", whereas Havlik et al (2014) used it to score all cranial aspects of the taxon "Anosteira pulchra", but a formal description is still missing. Given that FMNH PR966 is the only known pan-carettochelyid skull from North America, the primary purpose of this contribution is to provide a description of this fossil.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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