Turtles of the clade Pan-Trionychidae have a rich fossil record in the Old World, ranging from
the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) to the Holocene. The clade most probably originated in …

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the earliest late Miocene (early Tortonian, MN 9) of
Plakias (Crete, Greece) are described in this paper. Most of the material is fragmentary …

Herein we report morphologically and histologically diagnostic trionychid specimens from
the Barremian–Aptian (129.4–113.0 Ma) of Japan. One specimen (FPDM-V9487) is an …

Pelomedusoides and Chelidae are groups of pleurodiran turtles that have evolved from the
Cretaceous period to the present. In this study, we carried out thin sections in shell elements …

Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum is a basal suchian from the Late Triassic Chañares Formation
(Argentina), nested in the recently erected Gracilisuchidae, along with Turfanosuchus …

The record of fossil turtles from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic of Asia and North America is
very rich, including several lineages of cryptodiran turtles. Here we survey the shell bone …

Trionychid turtles are rare in the fossil record of the Eastern Mediterranean and therefore,
knowledge about their presence is restricted both geographically and stratigraphically. In …

Our knowledge of Neogene chelonian diversity in northern Greece is increased with the
present description of a new species of Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from the late …

Turtles are among the most common and easily identifiable elements of the vertebrate fossil
record, especially in continental deposits. In Greece, turtle fossils have been identified in at …

Testudinata comprises all crown-group turtles, the Testudines, as well as the stem group,
with the oldest representatives from the Triassic period. The turtle body plan is unique …