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Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2006 We present the karyotypic characterization of 26 specimens of the side-necked turtle Hydromedusa tectifera collected in the upper Iguaçu River, Paraná state, Brazil.
Rafael Bueno Noleto +5 more
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Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2021 In this work we focus on the fossil record of turtles and tortoises from the Chubut Province, in Patagonia, Argentina. This record is the richest, most diverse, the longest and continuous in the country and one of the most important in the continent.
Juliana Sterli +4 more
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The Anatomical Record, Volume 306, Issue 6, Page 1356-1364, June 2023., 2023 Abstract The study of pathological bone modifications of extinct organisms of lineages, which are still living today, in combination with extant representatives, allows to infer data about population dynamics, lifestyle, and diseases they were subject to.
Andrea Guerrero, Adán Pérez‐García
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Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2020 In this paper, we describe pleurodire turtle material from the island of Sardinia, Italy, originating from two Eocene localities of the Cixerri Formation.
GEORGIOS L. GEORGALIS +4 more
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The Anatomical Record, Volume 306, Issue 6, Page 1377-1395, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Galianemys is one of the three genera of Cearachelyini (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) so far defined, being the only one identified in Africa (in the Cenomanian of Morocco). It is represented by two species, Galianemys whitei and Galianemys emringeri, both being identified by several skulls. The other two representatives of Cearachelyini are both
Marcos Martín‐Jiménez +1 more
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The state of the art of knowledge about Podocnemis sextuberculata (Cornalia, 1849) Iaçá: a systematic review [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyThe following research proposes to investigate the principal areas studied about Podocnemis sextuberculata in South America through a systematic review of the main papers, pointing out the principal countries containing works about the species and the ...
F. V. N. Dias +2 more
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Postcranial anomalies of Eocene freshwater pleurodiran and cryptodiran turtles from the Spanish Duero Basin. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Testudines are one of the best‐represented taxonomic groups among the Paleogene taxa of the Duero Basin (Castile and Leon Autonomous Community, central Spain). Among them, Neochelys (Podocnemidide) and Allaeochelys (Carettochelyidae) are most abundant, allowing the population to be assessed for osteological anomalies.
Guerrero A +3 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2021 The Maevarano Formation in northwestern Madagascar has yielded a series of exceptional fossils over the course of the last three decades that provide important insights into the evolution of insular ecosystems during the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian).
Walter G. Joyce +5 more
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Biology of the Big-headed Amazon River Turtle, Peltocephalus dumerilianus (Schweigger, 1812) (Testudines, Pleurodira): the basal extant Podocnemididae species [PDF]
Herpetozoa, 2021 We review the extent and nature of scientific knowledge of the Big-headed Amazon River Turtle, Peltocephalus dumerilianus, covering distribution, morphology, taxonomy, diet, behaviour, reproduction, and ecology.
Eduardo Gentil +3 more
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Diversity, 2021 Bothremydidae is a successful lineage of pleurodiran turtles that lived from the Cretaceous to the Paleogene, and are found in most continents of both Laurasia and Gondwana.
Marcos Martín-Jiménez +1 more
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