New material of the platychelyid turtle Notoemys zapatocaensis from the early cretaceous of colombia; implications for understanding pleurodira evolution

Notoemys zapatocaensis is the youngest representative of the Platychelyidae, a group of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous pleurodires. Here we describe two new specimens of this species represented by a partial carapace and a nearly complete articulated shell. Notoemys zapatocaensis is different from o...