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SUBMITTER: Cadena EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8717240 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cadena Edwin-Alberto EA Link Andrés A Cooke Siobhán B SB Stroik Laura K LK Vanegas Andrés F AF Tallman Melissa M
Heliyon 20211227 12
There are many questions regarding the largest freshwater turtle that ever existed, including how its morphology changed during its ontogeny and how a single ecosystem was able to support more than one group of giant turtles. Here, we report the first individual preserving an associated skull and shell for <i>Stupendemys geographica</i> (currently the largest known side-necked turtle) and a nearly complete skull of <i>Caninemys tridentata</i> found in Miocene rocks of the Tatacoa Desert in Colom ...[more]