Novas informações sobre Araripemys barretoi (testudines:pleurodira) das formações Crato e Romualdo(cretáceo inferior), Bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil

Abstract

The Araripe Basin (northeastern Brazil) has a rich Cretaceous fossil fauna of both vertebrates and invertebrates. Among the vertebrates, several turtles were found and five valid species were describe to this date, most of them proceeding from the Romualdo Formation. Here it is described four new specimens of Araripemys barretoi - including the first appearence of an almost complete individual, bearing a skull, from Crato Formation - a species known to occur on both formations and to report variation among individuals of this species. This new report reveals intra-specific variation on carapace bones and sexual dimorphism that were unknown to A. barretoi.