Diferencias anatómicas entre dos formas de “allaeochelys” del Eoceno de Corrales (Zamora, España): nueva especie de tortuga, “allaeochelys jimenezi” nov. sp.

Abstract

The following study shows a systematic comparison between the pieces of Allaeochelys found in several outcrops belonging to two asynchronic areas (Middle Eocene, Corrales of Zamora, Spain). From the detailed analysis of the two morphotypes and the fact of the non coexistence of both in the inferior level, we deduced the adscryption of the deep side Allaeochelys to a new species, that we have determined as Allaeochelys jimenezi.