IANIGLA 20881
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGIA, GLACIOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
On the validity of Testudinites selloviiWeiss, 1830 from the Pleistocene of Paso del Catalán (Uruguay, South America).
Autor/es:
DE LA FUENTE, M.S.; STERLI,J.; VLACHOS, E
Revista:
AMEGHINIANA
Editorial:
ASOCIACION PALEONTOLOGICA ARGENTINA
Referencias:
Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2018 vol. 55 p. 339 - 342
ISSN:
0002-7014
Resumen:
THE first named extinct turtle species from South Americawas Testudinites sellovii Weiss, 1830, a tortoise from thePleistocene of Uruguay. The material consists of isolatedplates that come mainly from the plastron (Fig. 1), and originatesfrom the Pleistocene deposits of Paso del Catalán(formerly known as Passo del Catalán), near river Queguayin the area of Paysandú (NW Uruguay). In this note, wepresent our observations on the syntypes of Museum fürNaturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions und Biodiversitätsforschung,Berlin, Germany (MfN MB.R.), based on ourdirect observations on the material.
