Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles

Rosasia

Rosasia is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Argilas de Aveiro Formation of Portugal.

Meiolaniidae

Meiolaniidae is an extinct family of large, probably herbivorous stem-group turtles with heavily armored heads and clubbed tails known from South America and Australasia.

Teresa Manera de Bianco

Teresa Manera de Bianco is an Argentine paleontologist and geologist. She was a professor in the geology department of the Universidad Nacional del Sur.

South American land mammal age

The South American land mammal ages (SALMA) establish a geologic timescale for prehistoric South American fauna beginning 64.5 Ma during the Paleocene and continuing…