A new dermochelyid turtle from the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene of Saudi Arabia

Authors
Tong, HY Buffetaut, E Thomas, H Roger, J Halawani, M Memesh, A Lebret, P
Citation
Hy. Tong et al., A new dermochelyid turtle from the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene of Saudi Arabia, CR AC S IIA, 329(12), 1999, pp. 913-919
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
329
Issue
12
Year of publication
1999
Pages
913 - 919
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(199912)329:12<913:ANDTFT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A new dermochelyid sea turtle, Arabemys crassiscutata n. gen, n. sp., is de scribed on the basis of epithecal shell mosaic ossicles from the Late Paleo cene-Early Eocene of Saudi Arabia. This is the oldest and the most primitiv e known representative of the dermochelyids having an epithecal shell mosai c. ((C) 1999 Academie des sciences / Editions scientifiques et medicales El sevier SAS.).