Chelus sp.

Cadena, Edwin-Alberto, Link, Andrés, Vanegas, Andrés, Avellaneda-Otero, Carlos A., Perdomo, César, Urueña-Carrillo, Diego A., Sánchez, Rodolfo & Vanegas, Rubén, 2023, New insights into the fossil record of the turtle genus Chelus Duméril, 1806 including new specimens with information on cervicals and limb bones, Comptes Rendus Palevol 22 (34), pp. 689-709 : 702

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a34

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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:69E324CE-1990-46CA-92A5-FFD83FF41DD8

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CAF60E-FFB3-B34A-FBC8-373D44611E49

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scientific name

Chelus sp.
status

 

Chelus sp.

REFERRED MATERIAL. — All fossil specimens described in Bocquetin (1988); Bocquentin & Rodrigues Do Santos (1989); Bocquentin et al. (2001); Cadena et al. (2008); Cadena & Jaramillo (2015a, b); Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2021); Ferreira et al. (2016).

OCCURRENCES AND AGE. — Early Miocene, Castillo Formation, Venezuela ( Ferreira et al. 2016); Early Miocene, Barzalosa Formation, Colombia ( Cadena et al. 2008); Early Miocene, Castilletes Formation, Colombia ( Cadena & Jaramillo 2015a, b); Late Miocene, Solimões Formation, Brazil (Bocquetin 1988; Bocquentin & Rodrigues Do Santos 1989; Bocquentin et al. 2001); and Late Pliocene, San Gregorio Formation, Vergel Member, Venezuela ( Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2021)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Chelidae

Genus

Chelus

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