Kinkonychelys, A New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

摘要: Abstract The type specimen of Kinkonychelys rogersi, n. gen. et sp., is the first turtle skull to be described from pre-Holocene fossil record Madagascar. This specimen, a nearly complete cranium, along with several referred specimens (a series maxillae and partial lower jaw), was recovered Maastrichtian Maevarano Formation in Mahajanga Basin northwestern A braincase diagnostic characters Kinkonychelys, but differing position jaw articulation, formation foramen nervi facialis, number other characters, found same rock unit provisionally identified as belonging presumed distinct, closely related species, too incomplete diagnosed at present. bothremydid because it has an exoccipital-quadrate contact fully enclosed incisura columellae auris (Gaffney al., 2006). belongs tribe Kurmademydini, previously ...