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Triassic turtles of France: the first European Rhaetian stem turtle taxon (clades Testudinata, Proterochersidae) [PDF]
The earliest turtles (clade Testudinata) are known from the Norian (middle Late Triassic) and soon after their appearance they became speciose and widespread.
Tomasz Szczygielski +3 more
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Homeotic shift at the dawn of the turtle evolution [PDF]
All derived turtles are characterized by one of the strongest reductions of the dorsal elements among Amniota, and have only 10 dorsal and eight cervical vertebrae.
Tomasz Szczygielski
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ORDER TESTUDINATA Oppel, 1811 6F/9G (15) FAMILY CHELONIIDAE J. E. Gray, 1825 4G (5) Caretta Rafinesque, 1814 (1) Caretta caretta (Linné, 1758) (755) Chelonia Brongniart, 1800 (2) Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868 (756) Chelonia mydas (Linné, 1758) (758) Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843 (1) Eretmochelys imbricata (Linné, 1766) (759) Lepidochelys Fitzinger ...
Savage, Jay M., Bolaños, Federico
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Notice of some extinct Testudinata [PDF]
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The Solimões and Acre basins are complex geological units related to the Andean uplift, covering the Northwestern region of Brazil, being one of the most important units due to their fossil diversity.
MAURO B.S. LACERDA +3 more
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A reevaluation of the basal turtle Indochelys spatulata from the Early–Middle Jurassic (Toarcian–Aalenian) of India, with descriptions of new material [PDF]
Background Indochelys spatulata is an extinct turtle from the Early to Middle Jurassic Kota Formation of the Pranhita–Godavari Gondwana basin, India. The holotype and previously only known specimen is a partially eroded shell that had been collected near
Walter G. Joyce, Saswati Bandyopadhyay
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A new meiolaniform turtle from the Maastrichtian of Northern Patagonia, Argentina
Meiolaniformes are a group of chelonians including the famous horned-turtles Niolamia argentina (Patagonia) and Meiolania platyceps (Australia). In South America, the Late Cretaceous meiolaniforms are represented by two named taxa: Patagoniaemys ...
Federico L. Agnolin +5 more
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The uppermost Jurassic to lowermost Cretaceous stem turtle Pleurosternon bullockii is the pleurosternid (Testudinata, Paracryptodira) known by the largest number of specimens worldwide, composing the largest European collection of Lower Cretaceous ...
Andrea Guerrero, Adán Pérez-García
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Hydrachna testudinata Cook 1967
Published as part of SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP & SMIT, HARRY, 2017, New records of water mites from standing waters in Thailand, with the description of nine new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp.
SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP, SMIT, HARRY
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Symmetry-Breaking Stabilities in Carapace Curvature on Testudo (Reptilia, Testudinidae)
The aim of this research was to contribute to the study of the doming geometry of Testudo carapace as an unstable point of equilibrium when animals are overturned.
Pere M. Parés-Casanova +3 more
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