Two synchronic and sympatric bothremydidae taxa (chelonii, pleurodira) in the late cretaceous site of “Lo Hueco” (Cuenca, Spain)

Abstract

Although the Bothremydidae are very abundant in the Cretaceous fossil sites of Spain, they are mainly represented by disarticulated and fragmentary remains that are difficult to assign to genus or species. A complete plastron from the fossil site of “Lo Hueco” (Fuentes, Cuenca) is analyzed here. This specimen is assigned to Foxemydina, but its characters indicate that it does not belong to Elochelys, the genus previously identified in this site. This suggests the synchronic and sympatric presence of two Bothremydidae genera in this European Late Cretaceous fossil site.