The late Quaternary is characterized by the extinction of many terrestrial megafauna, which
included tortoises (Family: Testudinidae). However, limited information is available on how …

The southeastern retreat of the Paratethys Sea constrained by the Middle Sarmatian uplift of
the last Eastern Carpathians nappe (Pericarpathian Nappe) caused the progressive …

Pleurodira represent one of the two clades that compose the crown Testudines, and their
temporal range is Late Jurassic–present. However, knowledge about the neuroanatomy of …

Abstract The Testudo graeca (ie, Greek Tortoise or Spur‐thighed Tortoise) origin in Western
Europe is a subject of debate within the scientific community. The species is a part of the …

Neochelys is an exclusively European Eocene podocnemidid genus belonging to a linage
that reached this continent at the early Eocene. The so far available anatomical information …

The humerus is central for locomotion in turtles as quadrupedal animals. Osteological
variation across testudine clades remains poorly documented. Here, we systematically …

Late Miocene Turtles of Grytsiv (western Ukraine) with Rodent Gnaw Marks on the Carapace
Surface. Yanenko, V. & Kovalchuk, О.—The paper describes a series of turtle remains from …

Azzabaremys moragjonesi, from the Paleocene of Mali, is a member of Nigeremydini. This is
a clade of bothremydid pleurodiran turtles that includes large putatively marine forms which …

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 …

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 …