Neuroanatomy of the marine Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni (Testudinata, Plesiochelyidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Turtles are one of the least explored clades regarding endocranial anatomy with few available descriptions of the brain and inner ear of extant representatives.
Ariana Paulina Carabajal +3 more
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The first occurrence of “Plesiochelyidae” marine turtles in the Early Cretaceous of South America [PDF]
Swiss Journal of PalaeontologyThalassochelydians represent one of the earliest radiations of coastal to marine-adapted turtles, spanning from the Jurassic to Cretaceous periods. This study describes Craspedochelys renzi sp.
Edwin-Alberto Cadena +5 more
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First report of Plesiochelys etalloni and Tropidemys langii from the Late Jurassic of the UK and the palaeobiogeography of plesiochelyid turtles [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Plesiochelyidae is a clade of relatively large coastal marine turtles that inhabited the shallow epicontinental seas that covered western Europe during the Late Jurassic.
Jérémy Anquetin, Sandra D. Chapman
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Establishment of a lectotype for the species Plesiochelys langii Rütimeyer, 1873 [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Background. In a recent paper, we proposed a lectotype for the species Plesiochelys langii Rütimeyer, 1873. However, we failed to register this publication in ZooBank as required by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for ...
Jérémy Anquetin
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Correction: Neuroanatomy of the Marine Jurassic Turtle Plesiochelys etalloni (Testudinata, Plesiochelyidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069264.].
Ariana Paulina-Carabajal +3 more
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The comparative osteology of Plesiochelys bigleri n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background During the Late Jurassic, several groups of eucryptodiran turtles inhabited the shallow epicontinental seas of Western Europe. Plesiochelyidae are an important part of this first radiation of crown-group turtles into coastal marine ecosystems.
Christian Püntener +2 more
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The rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Plesiochelyidae are a major component of Late Jurassic shallow marine environments throughout Europe. However, the taxonomy of plesiochelyid turtles is rather confused.
Jérémy Anquetin +2 more
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A taxonomic review of the Late Jurassic eucryptodiran turtles from the Jura Mountains (Switzerland and France) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Background. Eucryptodiran turtles from the Late Jurassic (mainly Kimmeridgian) deposits of the Jura Mountains (Switzerland and France) are among the earliest named species traditionally referred to the Plesiochelyidae, Thalassemydidae, and Eurysternidae.
Jérémy Anquetin +2 more
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Novel insights into the morphology of Plesiochelys bigleri from the early Kimmeridgian of Northwestern Switzerland. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Plesiochelyidae were relatively large coastal marine turtles, which inhabited the epicontinental seas of Western Europe during the Late Jurassic. Their fossil record can be tracked in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal ...
Irena Raselli, Jérémy Anquetin
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Thalassemys bruntrutana n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland), and the paleobiogeography of the Thalassemydidae [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Background. The Swiss Jura Mountains are a key region for Late Jurassic eucryptodiran turtles. Already in the mid 19th century, the Solothurn Turtle Limestone (Solothurn, NW Switzerland) yielded a great amount of Kimmeridgian turtles that are ...
Christian Püntener +2 more
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