The first report of Chelonioidea cf. Ctenochelys from the Late Cretaceous of the Maastrichtian type area

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The first report of Chelonioidea cf. Ctenochelys from the Late Cretaceous of the Maastrichtian type area
 
Heere, Jelle J.A.; Wallaard, Jonathan J.W.; Mulder, Eric W.A.; Ponstein, Jasper; Schulp, Anne S.
(2023) Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, volume 102
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Abstract
A mandible of a Late Cretaceous sea turtle with affinities to Ctenochelys is reported from the Maastrichtian type area of the Netherlands. The triangular mandible has a well-developed symphyseal ridge surrounded on both sides by large, concave areas on the triturating surface. It represents the first potential occurrence of Ctenochelys ... read more
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Keywords: Chelonioidea, Ctenochelys, dentary, Maastrichtian, Netherlands, Geology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/njg.2023.3
ISSN: 0016-7746
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2010
Note: Funding Information: We want to thank reviewers Dr. Hans-Volker Karl and Dr. Andrew Gentry for their comments and insights. We would also like to thank Arno Savelkoul for making the specimen available for study. Finally, we would like to thank Lisa Egger and Thomas Wiese of the Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe for supplying extra figures of the mandible of Ctenochelys stenoporus described by Karl & Nyhuis (). Jasper Ponstein was funded by an Elsa-Neumann scholarship. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Netherlands Journal of Geosciences Foundation.
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