We provide a first checklist and review of all recognized taxa of the world's extinct
Pleistocene and Holocene (Quaternary) turtles and tortoises that existed during the early …

Islands are renowned for their remarkable biotas and have been widely recognised as
natural laboratories for the study of evolution, speciation, and extinction. Large mammals in …

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 …

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 …

The late P liocene (early V illafranchian, MN 16a) locality of M ilia (G revena, G reece) has
yielded numerous remains of mammals, such as zygodons, mastodons, rhinocerotids …

This article deals with the fossil tortoises of one of the most iconic fossil localities of the
Neogene of the Old World, the upper Miocene locality of Pikermi, near Athens, Greece. We …

The world-famous upper Miocene fossil localities on the Aegean island of Samos in Greece
have produced a rich fossil record that sheds light on the evolution of eastern Mediterranean …

Abstract Soft-shelled turtles (Pan-Trionychidae) are not included in the present-day
chelonian fauna of Greece and have been unknown in the Greek fossil record up to now …

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 …