New pelomedusoid turtles from the late Palaeocene Cerrejón Formation of Colombia and their implications for phylogeny and body size evolution
@article{Cadena2012NewPT,
title={New pelomedusoid turtles from the late Palaeocene Cerrej{\'o}n Formation of Colombia and their implications for phylogeny and body size evolution},
author={E. Cadena and D. Ksepka and C. Jaramillo and J. Bloch},
journal={Journal of Systematic Palaeontology},
year={2012},
volume={10},
pages={313 - 331}
}Pelomedusoides comprises five moderate-sized extant genera with an entirely Southern Hemisphere distribution, but the fossil record of these turtles reveals a great diversity of extinct taxa, documents several instances of gigantism, and indicates a complex palaeobiogeographical history for the clade. Here, we report new pelomedusoid turtle fossils from the late Palaeocene Cerrejón Formation of Colombia. The most complete of these is represented by a large skull (condylobasal length = 16 cm… CONTINUE READING
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