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The first record of dermochelyid turtles in the Eocene of Tierra del Fuego:new insights on the evolution of the Weddellian faunas

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Advances in Polar Science 2024年第1期35卷 63-77页

作者： Paula BONA juliana sterli Marcelo Saúl de la FUENTE Eduardo OLIVERO Marta S.FERNÁNDEZ Marcelo REGUERO División Paleontología Vertebrados Museo de La Plata-Anexo IIFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y MuseoUniversidad Nacional de La PlataLa Plata B1900FWAArgentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas(CONICET) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1425FQBArgentina Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio Trelew U9100Argentina Instituto de Evolución Ecología Histórica y Ambiente-CONICETSan Rafael CP5600Argentina Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas-CONICET Universidad Nacional de Tierra del FuegoUshuaia CP 9410Argentina División Paleontología Vertebrados Museo de La PlataUniversidad Nacional de La PlataLa Plata B1900FWAArgentina

The Antarctic Paleogene marine fossil record has been the key to reconstructing the evolution of the Weddellian Sea and final dismemberment of Southern *** this context,Eocene marine vertebrates from Seymour(Marambio)Island have provided valuable *** present the first Eocene record of marine reptiles from the southern Atlantic Coast of South *** corresponds to several postcranial turtle remains represented by a proximal end of the right humerus,three caudal and one thoracic vertebrae,a fragment of the left pubis,and ten ossicles of the dorsal carapace,coming from the Leticia Formation(late-mid Eocene)at Cabo Tiburones,Tierra del Fuego,*** materials show severalfeatures such as the size and general morphology of the humerus and vertebrae,and the presence of relatively small,irregular,smooth,and unkeeled ossicles,which allow us to assign them to Dermochelyidae *** are a cosmopolitan group ofcryptodiran turtles,registered from the late Cretaceous up to the recent,with some physiological-biological peculiarities(e.g.,endothermy and an exclusive jellyfish-based diet)and characterized by the presence of an osseous carapace formed by *** new finding from the Leticia Formation is an addition to the scarce and extremely fragmentary record of Eocene dermochelyids from the southern seas like those from the La Meseta and Submeseta formations(Antarctica)and the Waihao and Burnside formations(New Zealand).This new information allows us to discuss the presence of these turtles in such high latitudes in the past and its implication in the evolution of the Weddellian fauna.

关键词： marine reptiles sea turtles Dermochelyidae Paleogene La Meseta Formation Submeseta Formation Leticia Formation

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