First Cretaceous turtle from Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Main Authors: de la Fuente, Marcelo Saul, Novas, Fernando Emilio, Isasi, Marcelo Pablo, Lirio, Juan Manuel, Nuñez, Héctor J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Subjects: Turtle; Cretaceous; Antarctica; Paleobiogeography; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentino; Argentina; McArthur; De la Fuente; Olivero; Ross Archipelago; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/69062

The James Ross Basin is located on the NE extreme of the Antarctic Peninsula and centered on the James Ross Archipelago (del Valle et al., 1992). This basin accumulated one of the thickest and most complete sedimentary sequences of Lower Cretaceous through Lower Cenozoic ages exposed on the southern...