A review of the fossil record of Afro-Arabian turtles of the clade Testudinoidea

GL Georgalis, L Macaluso, M Delfino - Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of …, 2021 - BioOne
Turtles of the clade Testudinoidea have a rather scarce fossil record in Afro-Arabia, ranging
from the late Eocene up to the Quaternary. The vast majority of testudinoid fossils from Afro …

Pseudopus pannonicus (Squamata), the largest known anguid lizard—Redescription of the type material and new specimens from the Neogene and Quaternary of …

E Loréal, GL Georgalis, A Čerňanský - The Anatomical Record, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we revise the material of the extinct taxon Pseudopus pannonicus from Central
Europe, the largest known anguid lizard and iconic member of herpetofaunas from the …

An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy)

D Zoboli, GL Georgalis, M Arca, C Tuveri… - Historical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We review in detail the published fossil record of turtles from Sardinia and, in addition, we
document previously undescribed specimens for the first time. Among these undescribed …

The most complete extinct species of Testudo (Testudines, Testudinidae) defined by several well-preserved skeletons from the late Miocene of Romania

A Pérez-García, M Martín-Jiménez… - Journal of Systematic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The genus Testudo was considered, for more than two centuries, to group almost all
tortoises that are part of current biodiversity (ie the members of Testudinidae), as well as the …

[HTML][HTML] Poor but classic: The squamate fauna from the late Miocene of Pikermi, near Athens, Greece

GL Georgalis - Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2019 - Elsevier
I here describe new fossil remains of lizards and snakes from the late Miocene of Pikermi,
near Athens, Greece. This classical locality, known since at least the middle of the 19th …

The latest Early Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles from Kaiafas (Greece) and the first record of fossil Ophiomorus (Squamata, Scincidae)

A Villa, GL Georgalis, M Delfino - Geobios, 2020 - Elsevier
Together with the rest of the Balkan Peninsula, Greece acted as a refuge for thermophilic
amphibians and reptiles during the Quaternary Glaciations. In this work we provide new …

[PDF][PDF] LATE MIOCENE TURTLES OF GRYTSIV (WESTERN UKRAINE) WITH RODENT GNAW MARKS ON THE CARAPACE SURFACE.

V Yanenko, О Kovalchuk - Zoodiversity, 2023 - researchgate.net
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The Scontrone turtles–a new insular testudinoid fauna from the Late Miocene of the Central Mediterranean

GL Georgalis, M Delfino - Geobios, 2021 - Elsevier
We here describe a small turtle assemblage originating from the early Tortonian (late
Miocene) palaeoisland of Scontrone, central Italy, a locality previously known mostly for its …

[PDF][PDF] Roots of the European Cenozoic ecosystems: lizards from the Paleocene (~ MP 5) of Walbeck in Germany

A Čerňanský, D Vasilyan - Fossil Record, 2024 - fr.pensoft.net
We studied at least part of Kuhnʼs original material of lizards from the Paleocene (~ MP 5)
of the Walbeck locality in Germany. The collection was considered to be lost but is …

The fossil record of turtles and tortoises (Reptilia: Testudines) in Greece

E Vlachos - Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1: Basal vertebrates …, 2022 - Springer
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 …