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A giant chelonioid turtle from the late Cretaceous of Morocco with a suction feeding apparatus unique among tetrapods.

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundSecondary adaptation to aquatic life occurred independently in several amniote lineages, including reptiles during the Mesozoic and mammals during the Cenozoic.
Nathalie Bardet, Nour-Eddine Jalil, France de Lapparent de Broin, Damien Germain, Olivier Lambert, Mbarek Amaghzaz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Movements of green turtles from foraging areas of the United Arab Emirates: regional habitat connectivity and use of marine protected areas

Marine Biology, 2021
Adult sea turtles migrate between foraging areas and nesting sites that may be 100 s–1000 s of km away. Little is known of the connectivity between these sites in the Arabian region for green sea turtles.
N. Pilcher, M. Antonopoulou, C. Rodríguez-Zárate, D. Mateos-Molina, H. Das, Ibrahim Bugla, S. M. Al Ghais   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Escalation of threats to marine turtles [PDF]

Oryx, 1992
Many, if not all, marine turtle populations world-wide have become seriously depleted by the impact of numerous factors over the years. Populations of marine turtles are now classified as endangered or threatened. National and international legislation designed to protect sea turtles has been unsuccessful and, despite evergrowing interest, there is ...
Judith Hutchinson, Mark Simmonds
openaire   +1 more source

Nasal soft‐tissue anatomy of Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Although ceratopsid dinosaurs possess a characteristically hypertrophied narial region, soft‐tissue anatomy associated with such a skeletal structure and their biological significance remain poorly understood. The present study provides the first comprehensive hypothesis on the soft‐tissue anatomy in the ceratopsid rostrum based on the Extant ...
Seishiro Tada, Takanobu Tsuihiji, Hiroki Ishikawa, Noriyuki Wakimizu, Soichiro Kawabe, Kodai Sakane   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidecadal underwater surveys reveal declines in marine turtles

Conservation Science and Practice
Marine turtles are a group of imperiled marine megafauna particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic stressors. Most long‐term studies of marine turtles are based on nesting surveys which focus on numbers of eggs, hatchlings, and nesting females.
Julia Saltzman, Alex R. Hearn, Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes, Todd Steiner, Randall Arauz, Catherine Macdonald, Maike Heidemeyer, Easton R. White   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Updated take estimates of marine turtles in the Guajira Peninsula, Venezuela

Marine and Fishery Sciences
The Guajira Peninsula is one of the most important foraging grounds areas for marine turtles in Venezuela. There, five species converging: the green turtle, hawksbill, loggerhead, leatherback, and olive ridley.
Royner Carrasquero-Labarca, Matthew Ware, Jordano Palmar, Daniela Rojas-Cañizales, Héctor Barrios-Garrido   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

MicroCT reinvestigation of the only articulated fossil anostomid fish reveals synonymy of Arhinolemur Ameghino, 1898 and Megaleporinus Ramirez et al., 2017

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Arhinolemur scalabrinii† Ameghino, 1898 was originally described as a strepsirrhine primate (Mammalia) but has been recognized as an anostomid fish since 2012. It remains the only extinct anostomid species known from complete cranial material.
Karen M. Panzeri, Humberto L. Andrelino, Sergio Bogan, José P. O'Gorman, Federico Agnolín, Brian L. Sidlauskas, Nahuel Vega, Agustín G. Martinelli, José L. Birindelli   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geography best explains global patterns of genetic diversity and postglacial co‐expansion in marine turtles

Molecular Ecology, 2019
For many species, climate oscillations drove cycles of population contraction during cool glacial periods followed by expansion during interglacials.
Brendan N. Reid, Eugenia Naro‐Maciel, A. Hahn, N. FitzSimmons, Marcelo Gehara   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clade‐wide morphological and functional variation of the sauropsid columella

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The columella (=stapes) is the middle ear bone of reptiles that transmits vibrations from the environment to the inner ear. It has been shown to exhibit extensive interspecific morphological disparity in several clades; however, its morphological variation and associated functional consequences remain poorly described.
John Peacock, Serjoscha W. Evers, Tiago R. Simões, Garth M. Spellman, Daniel J. Field   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a Humane Slaughter Device for Green Turtles for Use by Traditional Owners in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Marine turtles are caught and slaughtered for consumption as part of traditional indigenous community harvest in Australia as well as in many countries in which marine turtles can be found.
Mark Flint, Paul C Mills, Frank Loban, Tristan Simpson, Stan Lui, Ronald Fujii, Don Whap, Jaylene B Flint, Helen Owen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source