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New turtle remains from the Late Cretaceous of Monte Alto-SP, Brazil, including cranial osteology, neuroanatomy and phylogenetic position of a new taxon

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Author(s):
Ferreira, Gabriel S. [1, 2, 3] ; Iori, V, Fabiano ; Hermanson, Guilherme [4, 1] ; Langer, Max C. [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Lab Paleontol Ribeirao Preto, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, Ave Bandeirantes 3900, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
[2] Eberhard Karls Univ Tubingen, Senckenberg Ctr Human Evolut & Palaeoenvironm HEP, Sigwartstr 10, D-72076 Tubingen - Germany
[3] Eberhard Karls Univ Tubingen, Fachbereich Geowissensch, Holdertinstr 12, D-72074 Tubingen - Germany
[4] Univ Oxford, Dept Earth Sci, South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3AN - England
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: PALAEONTOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT; v. 92, n. 3, p. 481-498, SEP 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 4
Abstract

A high diversity of land vertebrates is known from the Late Cretaceous deposits of the Bauru Basin, Brazil, including at least five turtle taxa, all belonging to the Glade Podocnemidoidae. Some of the richest fossil sites of this basin are in the area of Monte Alto, which yielded several squamate, dinosaur, and crocodyliform taxa. Yet, the single turtle reported so far from this area was only briefly described. Here, we further describe that specimen, a complete but very crushed shell, as well as a partial skull, both found in outcrops of the Adamantina Formation. Comparison of the shell to other podocnemidoid taxa reveals its affinities to Roxochelys wanderleyi, a turtle originally described from that same stratigraphic unit. The comparative description of the skull and its inclusion in a phylogenetic study, supports the proposal of a new taxon, Yuraramirim montealtensis, representing a lineage (Peiropemydidae) so far known only from the Marflia Formation of the Bauru Basin and the early Paleocene of Bolivia. The digitally reconstructed endocast and inner ear of the new taxon were also described, as not previously done for a fossil pleurodire. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/03825-3 - The origin and rise of dinosaurs in Gondwana (late Triassic - early Jurassic)
Grantee:Max Cardoso Langer
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 16/17116-0 - Comparative inner ear anatomy of side-necked turtles based on microcomputed tomography and its systematic and functional implications
Grantee:Guilherme Hermanson Souza
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
FAPESP's process: 16/03373-0 - Description of skull internal anatomy of a Podocnemidoidea (Pleurodira: Pelomedusoides) from the Cretaceous of São Paulo
Grantee:Guilherme Hermanson Souza
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
FAPESP's process: 16/03934-2 - Evolution and development of the jaw adductor chamber in turtles
Grantee:Gabriel de Souza Ferreira
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 14/25379-5 - Evolution, morphology, and development of the pterygoid region in Testudines, focusing on Pleurodira
Grantee:Gabriel de Souza Ferreira
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate