A divergence dating analysis of turtles using fossil calibrations: an example of best practices

WG Joyce, JF Parham, TR Lyson… - Journal of …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Turtles have served as a model system for molecular divergence dating studies using fossil
calibrations. However, because some parts of the fossil record of turtles are very well known …

A review of the fossil record of turtles of the clade Pan-Carettochelys

WG Joyce - Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 2014 - BioOne
Turtles of the total clade Pan-Carettochelys have a relatively poor fossil record that extends
from the Early Cretaceous. The clade is only found in Asia during the Cretaceous, but …

[HTML][HTML] Review of taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria)

A Averianov - ZooKeys, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironmental context of azhdarchid
pterosaurs are reviewed. All purported pteranodontid, tapejarid, and azhdarchid specimens …

[PDF][PDF] New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia

IG Danilov, VB Sukhanov, EV Syromyatnikova - Proceedings of the Zoological …, 2011 - zin.ru
This paper presents a review of all known records of turtles of the family Adocidae in Asia,
including data from 88 localities. New records of adocids (cf.“Adocus” orientalis,“Adocus” sp …

[PDF][PDF] Correlation of Late Cretaceous continental vertebrate assemblages in Middle and Central Asia

A Averianov, HD Sues - Journal of Stratigraphy, 2012 - repository.si.edu
通过对前人建议的 26 个生物地层标志化石存在与否的简约分析, 中亚与亚洲中部晚白垩世的陆
生脊椎动物组合的相对层位得到了更清楚的揭示. 此区最古老的组合是乌兹别克斯坦克孜勒库姆 …

A new microvertebrate assemblage from the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation: insights into the paleobiodiversity and paleobiogeography of early …

HM Avrahami, TA Gates, AB Heckert, PJ Makovicky… - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
The vertebrate fauna of the Late Cretaceous Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain
Formation has been studied for nearly three decades, yet the fossil-rich unit continues to …

First record of soft-shelled turtles (Cryptodira, Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Europe

TM Scheyer, T Mörs, E Einarsson - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Fossil soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) have so far been recognized in all continents
except Antarctica, based largely on remains preserving their diagnostic sculptured shell …

[HTML][HTML] Remarkable Carapace Morphology of Nanhsiungchelys (Testudines: Nanhsiungchelyidae) Revealed by New Material from Ganzhou Basin, Jiangxi Province …

H Tong, L Li, Y Ke, Y Wang, G Jie, L Yi - Geosciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Two nanhsiungchelyid carapaces from the Upper Cretaceous of Ganzhou Basin, Jiangxi
Province, Southern China, are reported and assigned to Nanhsiungchelys sp. The new …

The first 'true' Adocus (Testudines, Adocidae) from the Paleogene of Asia

IG Danilov, EV Syromyatnikova… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This paper describes a new species of the genus Adocus (A. inexpectatus, sp. nov.), based
on an almost complete shell from the upper Eocene Youganwo (= Youkanwo) Formation of …

A revision of Sinaspideretes wimani Young & Chow, 1953 (Testudines: Cryptodira: Trionychoidae) from the Jurassic of the Sichuan Basin, China

H Tong, L Li, H Ouyang - Geological Magazine, 2014 - cambridge.org
Sinaspideretes wimani Young & Chow, 1953 was based on a single shell from the Jurassic
red beds of the Sichuan Basin. Originally referred to Trionychidae but later tentatively …