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Ŋe onset of large size in Cretaceous marine turtles (Protostegidae) evidenced by new fossil remains from the Valanginian of Colombia

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  • 1. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Traditional and Molecular Neotropical Paleontology Research Group (PaleoNeo), Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama & Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • 2. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Traditional and Molecular Neotropical Paleontology Research Group (PaleoNeo), Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia & Geosciences Department, Paleobiology and Natural History Research Group (GIPHIN), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

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Edwin, Cadena, Alberto, Combita, Diego A., Romero (2024): Ŋe onset of large size in Cretaceous marine turtles (Protostegidae) evidenced by new fossil remains from the Valanginian of Colombia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (1): 1-12, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad053, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad053

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