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The first record of a trionychid turtle (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast of North America

Matthew J. Vavrek Donald B. Brinkman

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Trionychid turtles were widespread throughout much of the Western Interior Basin of North America during the Cretaceous, represented by a wide variety of taxa. Despite their widespread abundance east of the Rocky Mountains, they have not previously been reported from Cretaceous deposits along the Pacific Coast of North America. We report here on an isolated trionychid costal from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The fossil was recovered from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Maastrichtian) Nanaimo Group, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. While the fossil is generically indeterminate, its presence adds an important datapoint in the biogeographic distribution of Trionychidae.

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Paleontology Zoology

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Matthew J. Vavrek

Donald B. Brinkman

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Vavrek, M.J., Brinkman, D.B. (2018). The first record of a trionychid turtle (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast of North America. https://doi.org/10.18435/vamp29336

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Tahun Terbit: 2018
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.18435/vamp29336
Akses: Open Access ✓