Thalassemys bruntrutana n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland), and the paleobiogeography of the Thalassemydidae

Background. The Swiss Jura Mountains are a key region for Late Jurassic eucryptodiran turtles. Already in the mid 19th century, the Solothurn Turtle Limestone (Solothurn, NW Switzerland) yielded a great amount of Kimmeridgian turtles that are traditionally referred to Plesiochelyidae, Thalassemydida...

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Main Authors: Christian Püntener, Jérémy Anquetin, Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1282.pdf