A new pan-chelydrid turtle, Tavachelydra stevensoni gen. et sp. nov., from the lower Paleocene (early Danian, Puercan) Corral Bluffs Study Area in the Denver Basin, Colorado
Abstract Isolated pan-chelydrid turtle shell fragments are common in Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene sediments across western North America, but more complete and associated specimens are rare, obfuscating our understanding of the group’s early evolution. Here we describe a new genus and species...
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| Main Authors: | Tyler R. Lyson, Holger Petermann, Salvador Bastien, Natalie Toth, Evan Tamez-Galvan, Sadie M. Sherman, Walter G. Joyce |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2025-08-01
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| Series: | Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00375-4 |
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