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Potential earliest record of podocnemidoid turtles from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Colombia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Edwin A. Cadena
Edwin A. Cadena*
Affiliation:
1Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Panama 2North Carolina State University, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Department, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695, USA,
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Abstract

A costal and a peripheral bone from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian, ca. 135 Ma) Rosablanca Formation, Zapatoca town, Colombia are described. These specimens represent the earliest record of podocnemidoid turtles. Evolutionary and paleogeographical implications are also discussed.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 85 , Issue 5 , September 2011 , pp. 877 - 881
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