A new species of baenid turtle from the Early Cretaceous Lakota Formation of South Dakota

<p>Baenidae is a clade of paracryptodiran turtles known from the late Early Cretaceous to Eocene of North America. The proposed sister-group relationship of Baenidae to Pleurosternidae, a group of turtles known from sediments dated as early as the Late Jurassic, suggests a ghost lineage that c...

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Main Authors: W. G. Joyce, Y. Rollot, R. L. Cifelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-02-01
Series:Fossil Record
Online Access:https://www.foss-rec.net/23/1/2020/fr-23-1-2020.pdf