TY - JOUR
T1 - A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines
T2 - Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco
AU - Tong, Haiyan
AU - Hirayama, Ren
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A 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.
AB - A 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.
KW - Argillochelys
KW - Cheloniidae
KW - Cryptodira
KW - Lower Tertiary
KW - Morocco
KW - Testudines
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U2 - 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.6.623
DO - 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.6.623
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57949085127
VL - 179
SP - 623
EP - 630
JO - Bulletin - Societie Geologique de France
JF - Bulletin - Societie Geologique de France
SN - 0037-9409
IS - 6
ER -