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Titel: A new specimen of Solnhofia parsonsi from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Plattenkalk deposits of Painten (Bavaria, Germany) and comments on the relationship between limb taphonomy and habitat ecology in fossil turtles
Autor(en): Augustin, Felix J.
Rabi, MártonIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Spindler, FrederikIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Kampouridis, Panagiotis
Hartung, Josephina
Albersdörfer, RaimundIn der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen
Matzke, Andreas T.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Art: Artikel
Sprache: Englisch
Zusammenfassung: The limestones of the Solnhofen area in southern Germany are one of the most important fossil Lagerstätten from the entire Mesozoic era, especially famous for the exquisitely preserved vertebrates. The turtles from the Solnhofen Limestone have been always of special interest because they include some of the best-preserved specimens from the Mesozoic. Here, we describe a new turtle specimen from the Torleite Formation (Kimmeridgian) of Painten and refer it to the thalassochelydian turtle Solnhofia parsonsi based on the presence of a unique combination of characters. The far majority of morphological differences from previously published specimens can be explained by ontogeny as the new specimen represents a larger, more ossified, and presumably older individual. Additionally, the specimen from Painten is the first described specimen of S. parsonsi preserving the largely complete and articulated limbs, the preservation of which indicates that the taxon did not possess stiffened paddles present in more pelagic marine turtles and is consistent with a previously inferred nearshore marine lifestyle. Contrary to previous inferences, we argue that taphonomic preservation of digits in articulated fossil turtles from laminated deposits cannot be used alone to infer marine or freshwater habitat. Finally, the new specimen from Painten is only the second, for which detailed information on its stratigraphic position and locality of origin are known.
URI: https://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/112246
http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/110291
Open-Access: Open-Access-Publikation
Nutzungslizenz: (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International(CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International
Journal Titel: PLOS ONE
Verlag: PLOS
Verlagsort: San Francisco, California, US
Band: 18
Heft: 7
Originalveröffentlichung: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287936
Seitenanfang: 1
Seitenende: 17
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