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(Cryptodira, Testudinidae)

, 2022
This article presents a detailed comparative analysis of the bone microstructure of three extant species of South American turtles. The main histological characteristics of postcranial bones are identified, as well as the intraskeletal, ontogenetic and ...
Maria Eugenia Pereyra, Pereyra, Maria Eugenia   +1 more
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Rio Juruá: site 29 of Price’s expedition, and the first record of a Sebecidae (Notosuchia) for the Brazilian Solimões Formation [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
The Solimões Formation is one of the most fossiliferous units of the Neogene to Pleistocene of South America. Its rocks represent fluvial lacustrine Paleo-Amazon environments providing a rich record of paleovertebrate remains, including fishes (e.g ...
ANDRÉ E. PIACENTINI PINHEIRO, FELIPE M. DE VASCONCELLOS, PATRÍCIA KETLIN G. DE OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL C. DA SILVA, DIOGENES A. CAMPOS   +4 more
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Plant cover effect on Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler 1959, Testudinidae) burrow use

Nature Conservation, 2017
The Bolson tortoise, Gopherus flavomarginatus, occurs within a restricted geographical area in the Mexican Chihuahuan Desert. We analyzed the variation in surface microhabitat with relation to the burrow occupancy for this tortoise at the Mapimí ...
Jorge Luis Becerra-López, Cristina Garcia-De la Peña, Ulises Romero-Méndez, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista   +3 more
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A molecular perspective on the family Testudinidae batsch, 1788

, 2002
Bibliography: leaves 228-252.The Family Testudinidae have a diverse distribution and, although limited to tropical and subtropical latitudes, are present on all continents with the exception of Australia and Antartica.
Cunningham, Jessica
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Phylogenetic and divergence time analysis of the Chelonoidis chilensis complex (Testudines: Testudinidae)

, 2017
We present a phylogenetic and divergence time analysis of the Chelonoidis chilensis complex (the southernmost tortoises of South America) within crown Testudinidae.
Bolzan, Alejandro Daniel, SEBASTIÁN POLJAK, Bravi, Claudio Marcelo, CLAUDIO M. BRAVI, Holley Reguiló, Juan Alfredo, JUAN A. HOLLEY, Sánchez, Julieta, JULIETA SÁNCHEZ, Poljak, Sebastián, ALEJANDRO D. BOLZÁN   +9 more
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Figure 3 in The Miocene tortoise Testudo catalaunica Bataller, 1926, and a revised phylogeny of extinct species of genus Testudo (Testudines: Testudinidae)

, 2016
Figure 3. Schematic drawings corresponding to the fossil remains depicted in Figure 2. Thick lines correspond to scute sulci, dashed lines denote plate sutures, and oblique lines denote missing portions or sediment encrusting the fossils.Published as ...
Alba, David M., Robles, Josep M., Lujan, Angel H., Delfino, Massimo   +3 more
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Caracterização dos répteis descartados por mantenedores particulares e entregues ao Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Répteis e Anfíbios – RAN

Revista de Biologia Neotropical, 2008
O interesse das pessoas em manter animais silvestres como animais de estimação é mais um incentivo à prática do comércio predatório e indiscriminado da fauna silvestre.
Valéria Leão Souza, Tatiane Mendonça Santos, Alfredo Palau Peña, Vera Lúcia Ferreira Luz, Isaías José Reis   +4 more
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Las tortugas Chelidae (Pleurodira) y Testudinidae (Cryptodira) del Cenozoico argentino

, 1988
Del estudio de los Chelidae y Testudinidae cenozoicos de Argentina se han obtenido conclusiones básicamente de orden sistemático, las que resultaron imprescindibles para abordar aspectos de distribución paleobiogeográfica y algunas evidencias que ...
Fuente, Marcelo Saúl de la
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Digital skull anatomy of the Oligocene North American tortoise Stylemys nebrascensis with taxonomic comments on the species and comparisons with extant testudinids of the Gopherus–Manouria clade

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
The anatomy of North American tortoises is poorly understood, despite a rich fossil record from the Eocene and younger strata. Stylemys nebrascensis is a particularly noteworthy turtle in this regard, as hundreds of specimens are known from Oligocene ...
Serjoscha W. Evers, Zahra Al Iawati
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Las tortugas Chelidae (Pleurodira) y Testudinidae (Cryptodira) del Cenozoico argentino

, 2010
Del estudio de los Chelidae y Testudinidae cenozoicos de Argentina se han obtenido conclusiones básicamente de orden sistemático, las que resultaron imprescindibles para abordar aspectos de distribución paleobiogeográfica y algunas evidencias que ...
Fuente, Marcelo Saúl de la
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