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The Anatomical Record, Volume 307, Issue 8, Page 2713-2748, August 2024.Abstract The cranium of turtles (Testudines) is characterized by the secondary reduction of temporal fenestrae and loss of cranial joints (i.e., characteristics of anapsid, akinetic skulls). Evolution and ontogeny of the turtle cranium are associated with shape changes.
Eve Miller +3 more
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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2006 Many Amazonian animals are a valuable food source, for the rural and urban people of the Peruvian forest. Their meat is called carne de monte, and is the third source of protein food in the region.
Nofre Sánchez +3 more
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Esofagotomia cervical em Tartaruga-da-Amazônia Podocnemis expansa Schweigger, 1812 (Testudines – Podocnemididae) [PDF]
Pubvet, 2016 This study proposes a technique of cervical esophagectomy Podocnemis expansa, an Amazonian river turtle aquatic habitat. The animals belonging to the Research Laboratory of Wild Animals FAMEV-UFU, were anesthetized with propofol at a dose of 10mg/Kg/IV.
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A large phylogeny of turtles (Testudines) using molecular data [PDF]
, 2012 Turtles (Testudines) form a monophyletic group with a highly distinctive body plan. The taxonomy and phylogeny of turtles are still under discussion, at least for some clades. Whereas in most previous studies, only a few species or genera were considered,
Girondot, Marc +3 more
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Families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. [PDF]
, 2006 698 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (1 col.) ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 657-672).Although pleurodires have been considered significantly less diverse than their sister group, the cryptodires, current discoveries show that pleurodires had
Gaffney, Eugene S. +2 more
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Análisis de una estrategia de conservación para Podocnemis unifilis en la Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini [PDF]
, 2010 Podocnemis unifilis has experienced a drastic decrease along its distribution in the Ecuadorian Amazon. With this motivation the Tiputini Biodiversity Station from Universidad San Francisco de Quito began a head-starting project for this species ...
Rivera Rojas, Laura Maricela
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Zoologia (Curitiba), 2009 A common problem when trying to identify the sex of hatchling turtles is that juveniles are not obviously externally dimorphic and current techniques to identify sex are often invasive.
Adélio Lubiana +1 more
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A dinosaur fauna from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of northern Sudan [PDF]
, 1999 A dinosaur fauna from the Cenomanian of northern Sudan (Wadi Milk Formation) is described. It comprises at least nine, probably ten to eleven taxa: a dicraeosaurid, a titanosaurid and another undetermined sauropod (possibly a titanosaurid), two ...
Rauhut, Oliver W M
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Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2016 We investigated the influence of anthropogenic impacts on Podocnemis unifilis nesting on a stretch from Falsino river, with two forest reserves, and one urban area on the Araguari river, state of Amapá, eastern Amazon (Brazil).
Débora Regina Santos Arraes +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 BACKGROUND:Conservation strategies are urgently needed for tropical turtles that are increasingly threatened by unsustainable exploitation. Studies conducted exclusively in temperate zones have revealed that typical turtle life history traits (including ...
Angga Rachmansah +2 more
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