Papers by Gottfried Tichy
Mesozoic, 2024
Resolving the phylogeny of fossil turtles is uniquely
challenging given the high potential for th... more Resolving the phylogeny of fossil turtles is uniquely
challenging given the high potential for the unification of
convergent lineages due to systematic homoplasy. Equivocal
reconstructions of turtle evolution and biogeographic or
palaeo-climatic data with phylogenetic hypotheses and
new images of the holotype reconstructions of fossil turtles
are important for prehistoric turtle fossil remains. Here we
describe the cranial anatomy and holotype reconstruction
of the Late Cretaceous turtle, Australobaena chilensis from
the Quiriquina Formation of the Maastricht Ocean Horizon
Chile, which was identified as a new genus and species of
Baenidae (an extinct family of para-cryptodiran turtles) in
2002 by Karl and Tichy. The holotype is “SMF R 415”, a
partially destroyed skull without a lower jaw, and with a
unique cranial plane. This taxon belongs to Baenidae, an
extinct freshwater family from the Cretaceous period in
North America. This is the first baenid fossil found outside
of North America, and we re-describe and reconstruct it with
new photographs and illustrations of the cranial anatomy of
this material (Holotype).
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Papers by Gottfried Tichy
challenging given the high potential for the unification of
convergent lineages due to systematic homoplasy. Equivocal
reconstructions of turtle evolution and biogeographic or
palaeo-climatic data with phylogenetic hypotheses and
new images of the holotype reconstructions of fossil turtles
are important for prehistoric turtle fossil remains. Here we
describe the cranial anatomy and holotype reconstruction
of the Late Cretaceous turtle, Australobaena chilensis from
the Quiriquina Formation of the Maastricht Ocean Horizon
Chile, which was identified as a new genus and species of
Baenidae (an extinct family of para-cryptodiran turtles) in
2002 by Karl and Tichy. The holotype is “SMF R 415”, a
partially destroyed skull without a lower jaw, and with a
unique cranial plane. This taxon belongs to Baenidae, an
extinct freshwater family from the Cretaceous period in
North America. This is the first baenid fossil found outside
of North America, and we re-describe and reconstruct it with
new photographs and illustrations of the cranial anatomy of
this material (Holotype).
challenging given the high potential for the unification of
convergent lineages due to systematic homoplasy. Equivocal
reconstructions of turtle evolution and biogeographic or
palaeo-climatic data with phylogenetic hypotheses and
new images of the holotype reconstructions of fossil turtles
are important for prehistoric turtle fossil remains. Here we
describe the cranial anatomy and holotype reconstruction
of the Late Cretaceous turtle, Australobaena chilensis from
the Quiriquina Formation of the Maastricht Ocean Horizon
Chile, which was identified as a new genus and species of
Baenidae (an extinct family of para-cryptodiran turtles) in
2002 by Karl and Tichy. The holotype is “SMF R 415”, a
partially destroyed skull without a lower jaw, and with a
unique cranial plane. This taxon belongs to Baenidae, an
extinct freshwater family from the Cretaceous period in
North America. This is the first baenid fossil found outside
of North America, and we re-describe and reconstruct it with
new photographs and illustrations of the cranial anatomy of
this material (Holotype).