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First occurrence of the plesiochelyid turtle Plesiochelys etalloni from the Late Jurassic of England, UK

open access: yes, 2015
Poster presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 14–17 2015, Dallas, Texas, USA. Chapman SD, Anquetin J. 2015. First occurrence of the plesiochelyid turtle Plesiochelys etalloni from the Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian of England, United Kingdom.
Chapman, Sandra D., Anquetin, Jérémy
openaire   +2 more sources

The ecomorphology of the shell of extant turtles and its applications for fossil turtles. [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2020
Turtles are a successful clade of reptiles that originated in the Late Triassic. The group adapted during its evolution to different types of environments, ranging from dry land to ponds, rivers, and the open ocean, and survived all Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Dziomber L, Joyce WG, Foth C.
europepmc   +2 more sources

A small podocnemidoid (Pleurodira, Pelomedusoides) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil, and the innervation and carotid circulation of side‐necked turtles

open access: yesPapers in Palaeontology, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 329-347, May 2020., 2020
Abstract Pleurodires are less diverse than cryptodires, together forming the two major lineages of crown turtles. Their fossil record, however, is rich. A particularly large number of fossil pleurodires, many belonging to the Podocnemidoidae, has been recovered from the Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group outcrops of south‐central Brazil.
Guilherme Hermanson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les tortues du Mésozoïque du Havre (France), révisions, définition de Globochelus lennieri n. g. n. sp. et nouvelles données sur Tropidemys langii, Plesiochelyidae

open access: yes, 2021
Resume La collection de tortues mesozoiques du Museum du Havre est revisee, enrichie apres les destructions subies pendant la 2e guerre mondiale. Les nouvelles acquisitions, representees par deux nouveaux taxons de Plesiochelyidae respectivement du Cap ...
G. Breton, M. Rioult
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The parabasisphenoid complex in Mesozoic turtles and the evolution of the testudinate basicranium

open access: yes, 2010
During the early development of turtles and other amniotes, the parabasisphenoid, or basisphenoid s.l., is formed by at least two centers of ossification: the endochondral basisphenoid s.s. and the dermal parasphenoid.
J. Sterli   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Revision of the British record of Tropidemys (Testudines, Plesiochelyidae) and recognition of its presence in the Late Jurassic of Portugal

open access: yes, 2015
The record of coastal marine turtles belonging to Plesiochelyidae is abundant in the Late Jurassic of Portugal. The material analyzed thus far has been attributed to two taxa: Plesiochelys and Craspedochelys.
A. Pérez‐García
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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