[dinosaur] Ilatardia, new turtle from Cretaceous of Niger

Subject: [dinosaur] Ilatardia, new turtle from Cretaceous of Niger

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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 22:54:46 -0700

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A new paper:

Ilatardia cetiotesta gen. et sp. nov.

AdÃn PÃrez-GarcÃa (2019)
A new member of Taphrosphyini (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) from the Maastrichtian of Niger.
Journal of African Earth Sciences (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103548
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X19302018

Highlights

A new turtle is described in this paper, Ilatardia cetiotesta gen. et sp. nov.
It corresponds to a bothremydid, being attributable to Taphrosphyini.
It comes from the Maastrichtian of south-western Niger.

Abstract

A new pleurodiran turtle, corresponding to a bothremydid Taphrosphyini, is described in this paper. This form, Ilatardia cetiotesta gen. et sp. nov., is represented by a large skull, with a length of about 20 cm. It is one of the few Mesozoic representatives of Taphrosphyini known by the skull. This new Maastrichtian taxon comes from the Mount Ilatarda area of the Tahoua Region, in south-western Niger. The detailed comparison of this form with the other Cretaceous and Paleogene representatives of this clade is carried out.