A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco

Published:2008-11-01 Issue:6 Volume:179 Page:623-630
ISSN:1777-5817
Container-title:Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
language:en
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Author:

Tong Haiyan¹,Hirayama Ren²

Affiliation:

1. 16 Cour du Liégat, 75013 Paris, France, e-mail: eric.buffetaut@wanadoo.fr

2. School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Nishiwaseda 1-7-14, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan, e-mail: renhirayama@waseda.jp

Abstract

AbstractA new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae), A. africana n. sp. is described on the basis of three skulls and a lower jaw from the Lower Tertiary beds of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco. It differs from A. cuneiceps, A. antiqua and A. athersuchi essentially in the frontal well retracted from the orbital margin, with a broad prefrontal/postorbital contact, a more developed secondary palate, and the anterior part of the lower jaw more dorsoventrally flattened, with a wider triturating surface and a longer symphysis, without lingual ridge. This is the first record of Argillochelys from Africa.

Publisher

EDP Sciences

Subject

Geology

Link

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sgf/bsgf/article-pdf/179/6/623/2941475/623.pdf

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