Notoemys zapatocaensis, a new side-necked turtle (Pleurodira, Platychelyidae) from the early Cretaceous of Colombia. American Museum novitates ; no. 3470

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dc.contributor.authorCadena Rueda, Edwin Alberto.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGaffney, Eugene S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T16:38:09Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T16:38:09Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.description19 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 19).en_US
dc.description.abstractA carapace and posterior plastral lobe from the early Cretaceous Valanginian of northeastern Colombia is a new species of the pleurodire Notoemys. It is a pleurodire based on the sutured pelvis and xiphiplastral notch. Notoemys zapatocaensis, n.sp., differs from the other two species of Notoemys, N. oxfordiensis and N. laticentralis, in having a slightly serrated posterior margin, a very small third peripheral, no contact of costal 1 and peripheral 3, and protuberances developed on the pleural and vertebral scale areas. Notoemys zapatocaensis, n.sp., extends the distribution of Notoemys from Argentina and Cuba to Colombia geographically, and from the 156 mya Oxfordian late Jurassic to the 135 mya Valanginian early Cretaceous. Reanalysis based on morphology of the new shell suggests that Notoemys is the sister taxon to the late Jurassic European Platychelys based on the common possession of a very large costovertebral tunnel, tubercle on anterior margin of first thoracic rib, wide, flat thoracic ribs, and a first thoracic centrum that is wider than high.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/2780
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 3470en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3470 2005en_US
dc.subject.lcshNotoemys zapatocaensis.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTurtles, Fossil -- Colombia -- Zapatoca.en_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles, Fossil -- Colombia -- Zapatoca.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Cretaceous -- Colombia -- Zapatoca.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Colombia -- Zapatoca.en_US
dc.titleNotoemys zapatocaensis, a new side-necked turtle (Pleurodira, Platychelyidae) from the early Cretaceous of Colombia. American Museum novitates ; no. 3470en_US
dc.title.alternativeNew side-necked turtleen_US
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