A Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Coniacian) high-latitude turtle assemblage from the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Brinkman, Donald B, Tarduno, John A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e05-074; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e05-074

Three turtles are present in a Turonian–Coniacian age high-latitude vertebrate assemblage from Axel Heiberg Island: Borealochelys axelheibergensis gen. et sp. nov., a generically indeterminate eucryptodire, and a trionychid. The assemblage differs from most Late Cretaceous turtle assemblages from No...