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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020 The Elongated Tortoise, Indotestudo elongata (Family Testudinidae) is one of the five land tortoises having distribution in India. For the first time, we report a new distributional record for this species from Valmiki Tiger Reserve region of Bihar.
Arif +6 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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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 +2 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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, 2022 Pan-Testudinidae is the total clade of extant terrestrial tortoises, which includes extinct fossil members of their stem lineage. Members of this clade have a rather scarce fossil record in Mexico, and the few specimens known in scientific collections ...
Gustavo Rivera-Velázquez (13561328) +4 more
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The herpetofaunal diversity of Takhar Province, Afghanistan [PDF]
Herpetozoa, 2023 Takhar Province of Afghanistan was previously known to harbour only two species of amphibians and eight species of reptiles with no record of snake species.
Daniel Jablonski +2 more
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First checklist on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia [PDF]
Check List, 2019 This study represents the first report on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the highest peak in the Titiwangsa Range (2182 m a.s.l.) and the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia.
Kin Onn Chan +5 more
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Total evidence analysis and body size evolution of extant and extinct tortoises (Testudines: Cryptodira: Pan-Testudinidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Testudinidae (tortoises) is an extant clade of terrestrial turtles of worldwide distribution and with a rich fossil record that provides an exceptional context for studying their evolutionary history.
Rabi, Márton +3 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Geochelone sulcata
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 The complete mitochondrial genome of Geochelone sulcata was determined using PCR, Long-PCR with length of 16,692 bp. The genome organization, gene order, and base composition was similar to typical vertebrate.
Qiong Shi +4 more
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Chelonians from the Middle Palaeolithic Site of Mealhada (Coimbra, Portugal): An Update
Diversity, 2023 The results of a review of the chelonian remains retrieved in the excavations carried out in Mealhada (Coimbra, central Portugal) are presented here. Mealhada is a Portuguese Middle Palaeolithic classical site, discovered at the end of the 19th century ...
Iratxe Boneta Jiménez +2 more
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