Nuevos ejemplares del Oligoceno superior de los sedimentos lacustres de la dolina Oberleichtersbach (Baja Franconia, Baviera, Alemania)

Abstract

New Late Oligocene (Chattian) remains of the terrapins Palaeoemys hessiaca Schleich, 1994 and Palaeomauremys tuberculata (Portis, 1882), the soft-shelled turtles Allaeochelys parayrei Noulet, 1867 and Trionyx cf. triunguis Forskål,1775, and the snapping turtle Chelydrasia decheni (H. V. Meyer, 1852) from lacustrine sediments of the Oberleichtersbach doline (Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany) are reported. The morphological features of these five species, their taxonomic position and their palaeobiological implications are discussed. The new Palaeomauremys material suggests that P. mlynarskii (Hervet & Lapparent de Broin, 2000) is a junior synonym of P. tuberculata (Portis, 1882).