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Turtle remains (Testudines, Chelonioidea) from the Middle Turonian of northwest Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

C. Diedrich  and
R. Hirayama
C. Diedrich
Affiliation:
Nansenstr. 8, D-33790 Halle/Westphalia, e-mail: cdiedri@gmx.net
R. Hirayama
Affiliation:
Faculty of Information Teikyo Heisei University Uruido, 2289-23 Ichihara, Chiba 290-0193, Japan; e-mail: renhrym@ab.mbn.or.jp

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Turtle remains ascribed to the family Cheloniidae (Testudines, Cryptodira, Chelonioidea), collected from the lamarcki zone (Middle Turonian) at Wüllen (NW Germany) are described. The material consists of a right humerus, a scapula, a complete costalia, and costalia fragments of a single individual with the humerus indicating a primitive cheloniid of the ‘toxochelyid grade’. The present material, as well as previously recorded chelonioid humeri from the Cenomanian and Turonian of Germany illustrate a progressive diversification of chelonioids during the early Late Cretaceous.

Keywords

HumeriTurtlesCheloniidaeUpper CretaceousEurope

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Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 82 , Issue 2 , July 2003 , pp. 161 - 167
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2003

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