New fossil turtle remains from the Eocene of the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Bona, Paula, de la Fuente, Marcelo Saul, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; EOCENE; TESTUDINES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Albright; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; De la Fuente; isla Marambio; Marambio; New Zealand; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/242576

The fossil record of reptiles from the Paleogene of Antarctica 13 is very scarce. Only postcranial fragments of Dermochelyidae 14 turtles have been recovered from several localities on Isla 15 Marambio (Seymour Island, fig. 1 in de la Fuente et al. 1995, 16 Albright et al. 2003). The fossils describ...