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Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2018
Today, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aldabra Atoll is home to about 100 000 giant tortoises, Aldabrachelys gigantea, whose fossil record goes back to the Late Pleistocene. New Late Pleistocene fossils (age ca.
Torsten M. Scheyer, Massimo Delfino, Nicole Klein, Nancy Bunbury, Frauke Fleischer-Dogley, Dennis M. Hansen   +5 more
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Late Miocene Turtles of Grytsiv (western Ukraine) with Rodent Gnaw Marks on the Carapace Surface

Zoodiversity, 2023
The paper describes a series of turtle remains from the Early Late Miocene of Grytsiv (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine). This fossil assemblage was quite diverse and included representatives of four families (Emydidae, Geoemydidae, Testudinidae, and ...
V. Yanenko, O. Kovalchuk
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Anatomopathological findings of Testudines necropsied in the Distrito Federal, Brazil [PDF]

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2022
: In order to determine the main anatomopathological findings of Testudines necropsied in the Distrito Federal, all necropsy records performed at the “Laboratório de Patologia Veterinária” of the “Universidade de Brasília” (LPV-UnB) on Testudines during ...
Uilton G. Santos, Cintia R.R. Queiroz, Líria Q.L. Hirano, Maria V.B. Santos, Ana K.S. Cavalcante, Juliana T.S.A. Macêdo, Pedro M.O. Pedroso   +6 more
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Marine debris ingestion and the use of diagnostic imaging in sea turtles: A review

Veterinární Medicína, 2020
Worldwide, sea turtles are affected by anthropic waste. Animals, unable to differentiate anthropic waste from food, ingest this waste from their surroundings.
Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer Attademo, Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura, Helio Noberto de Araujo Junior, Herson da Silva Costa, Carlos Eduardo Vale Reboucas, Flavio Jose de Lima Silva, Moacir Franco de Oliveira   +7 more
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Testudines

, 2023
Published as part of Brignon, Arnaud, 2023, Les vertébrés du Kimméridgien supérieur de Fumel (Lot-et-Garonne, France) dans la collection Jacques-Ludomir Combes (1824 - 1892), pp. 55-126 in Geodiversitas 45 (2) on page 92, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a2, http://zenodo.org/record ...
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Marine turtles are only minimally sexually size dimorphic, a pattern that is distinct from most nonmarine aquatic turtles

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Turtles have been prominent subjects of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) analyses due to their compact taxonomy, mating systems, and habitat diversity. In prior studies, marine turtles were grouped with fully aquatic non‐marine turtles (NMATs).
Christine Figgener, Joseph Bernardo, Pamela T. Plotkin   +2 more
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Non-Native Turtles (Chelydridae) in Freshwater Ecosystems in Italy: A Threat to Biodiversity and Human Health?

Animals, 2022
Marketed globally, freshwater turtles are popular pets. Two species of the Chelydridae family are increasingly reported in Italy: the snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) and the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii).
Giuseppe Esposito, Luciano Di Tizio, Marino Prearo, Alessandro Dondo, Carlo Ercolini, Gianpiero Nieddu, Angelo Ferrari, Paolo Pastorino   +7 more
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Successful rehabilitation of an oiled sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) affected by the biggest oil spill disaster in Brazil

Veterinární Medicína, 2021
The standardisation of protocols and discussion of therapeutic procedures in the rehabilitation of turtles affected by oil spills are necessary to optimise the recovery time and increase the chances of survival of these animals.
Oliveira REM, Attademo FLN, Galvincio JS, Freire ACB, Silva AS, Pires JML, Lima LRP, Aguiar JMF, Moreira AB, Melo LIS, Gavilan SA, Lima SA, Lima, Silva FJL, Oliveira MF   +14 more
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Partial albinism in Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Ovozoa: Journal of Animal Reproduction, 2022
Albinism is a genetic disorder in which there is a defect in melanin production, a pigment which gives color to the skin, hair and eyes. This congenital malformation can also occur in sea turtles, although it is not fatal, but it reduces their chances of
Emanuel Lucas Rocha, Lucas Gabriel Verissimo Pinheiro da Silva, Isadora Nathalia Rocha Barreto, Hélio Noberto de Araújo Júnior, Julio Alejandro Navoni, Moacir Franco de Oliveira, Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura   +6 more
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Pleistocene Fossil Turtles (Testudinoidea, Cryptodira) from the Talara Tar Seeps, Peru

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2019
A description of Pleistocene fossil turtles discovered in the Talara Tar Seeps, Tablazos deposits of the northern coast of Peru is provided in this paper.
Anthony Deza, Edwin Cadena, Jean-Noël Martinez   +2 more
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