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Geobios
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Doi : 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.001
Received : 31 October 2010 ;  accepted : 24 Mars 2011
A new genus of Bothremydidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira) in the Cretaceous of Southwestern Europe
 

Adán Pérez-García a, ⁎ , Francisco Ortega b, Xabier Murelaga c
a Departamento de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, José Antonio Novais 2, 28040 Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain 
b Grupo de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, UNED, Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain 
c Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain 

Corresponding author.
Abstract

Although the Bothremydidae are the most abundant and diverse group of turtles in the Upper Cretaceous fauna of Europe, the record attributed to the genus Elochelys was, until now, quite scarce. However, the revision of the specimens previously attributed to this taxon and the analysis of new material from the Spanish record significantly increase our knowledge of these turtles. Evaluation of the morphological variability, affecting many characters that have been considered diagnostic until now and comparisons with other members of the node Bothremydini, allow us to amend the diagnosis of the genus Elochelys , recognising Elochelys perfecta as a valid single species and reassigning its other representative, “Elochelys” convenarum , to the new genus Iberoccitanemys .


Keywords : Upper Cretaceous, Bothremydidae, Elochelys , Iberoccitanemys nov. gen., “Lo Hueco”


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Introduction
Geographical and geological settings
Material and methods
Systematic palaeontology
Results of the phylogenetic analysis
Discussion  (+)
Conclusion

 Corresponding editor: Gilles Escarguel.



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