A bothremydid turtle (Pleurodira) from the middle Cenomanian of Vale de Figueira (Belas, Portugal). [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract An unpublished turtle shell from the middle Cenomanian of Vale de Figueira, near Belas (Lisbon District, Portugal), is recognized by us as collected in 1880 under the direction of Carlos Ribeiro. No turtle remains from that region had so far been figured, described or discussed from a systematic point of view.
Antunes MT, Pérez-García A.
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Neuroanatomical study of the podocnemidid turtle Neochelys arenarum (Pleurodira), from the early Eocene of France. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Neochelys is an exclusively European Eocene podocnemidid genus belonging to a linage that reached this continent at the early Eocene. The so far available anatomical information about it is relatively abundant, especially considering that of its shell, at least partially preserved for the eight valid species currently considered.
Martín-Jiménez M, Pérez-García A.
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Shell characterization of the youngest valid species of the European Eocene genus Neochelys (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae): The Spanish Bartonian Neochelys salmanticensis. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract The freshwater pleurodiran turtle Neochelys is the best‐represented member of Podocnemididae in the European record, being known by eight Eocene species. The youngest of them is the Bartonian (middle Eocene) Neochelys salmanticensis, from the Duero Basin (Salamanca Province, Central Spain).
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Variation and development of the turtle chondrocranium, with a description of the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus, Kinosternidae, Cryptodira, Testudines). [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Based on histological cross‐sections, the chondrocranium of the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) was reconstructed, described, and compared with other turtles. It differs from that of other turtle chondrocrania by possessing elongated, slightly dorsally orientated nasal capsules with three dorsolateral foramina, which might be ...
Leicht L, Zhang Z, Werneburg I.
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New information on the Cenomanian bothremydid turtle Algorachelus based on new, well-preserved material from Spain [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2018 Algorachelus peregrinus is the oldest representative of the crown group Pleurodira known in Laurasia. The type locality of this bothremydid is Algora, situated in central Spain, at levels deposited during the uppermost middle–lowermost upper ...
A. Pérez-García
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Macrorhizodus praecursor Pleurodira Cope 1864
, 2021 Macrorhizodus praecursor (Leriche, 1905) EXAMINED MATERIAL. — Hundreds of isolated teeth, figured material includes FSAC Bouj-327, 328, 329 and 330. DESCRIPTION The more abundant complete and well-preserved teeth (Fig. 2 H-K) recovered in both localities (Locality I, Garouaz, Iddir and Laazri) belong to the lamnid Macrorhizodus praecursor. Central cusp
Zouhri, Samir +9 more
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A revision of the pelomedusoid turtle Jainemys pisdurensis from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation of India [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Jainemys pisdurensis comb. nov. is an extinct pleurodiran turtle from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India, previously referred to Carteremys and Shweboemys. The holotype, an eroded skull, had been collected near the village of Pisdura,
Walter G. Joyce, Saswati Bandyopadhyay
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Diversity, 2023 The Quseir Formation is an Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) deposit in the Kharga oasis of the Southwestern Desert (Egypt). This formation comprises a clastic sequence of bioturbated mudstone and sandstone intercalations, including rare scattered and ...
Mohamed AbdelGawad +5 more
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Cladistic Relationships and Landscape Genetics of the Endangered Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle <i>Nilssonia hurum</i> (Gray, 1830): Implications for Strategic Conservation Planning. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study provides the first mitogenome of the endangered Peacock Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia hurum), revealing its evolutionary relationships and moderate genetic diversity across river basins. Species distribution modeling predicts up to 85% habitat loss under future climate scenarios, alongside severe declines in functional connectivity and rising ...
Abedin I +7 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2016 : With aim to report the ontogeny of the osseous elements of the carapace in Peurodiras, 62 embryos and 43 nestlings of Podocnemis expansa were collected and submitted to the clearing and staining technique of bones and cartilages and study of serial ...
Lucélia G. Vieira +5 more
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