Living turtles are characterized by extraordinarily low species diversity given their age. The
clade's extensive fossil record indicates that climate and biogeography may have played …

Background Most turtles from the Middle and Late Jurassic of Asia are referred to the newly
defined clade Xinjiangchelyidae, a group of mostly shell-based, generalized, small to mid …

Over the last 25 years, researchers, mostly paleontologists, have developed a system of
rank-free, phylogenetically defined names for the primary clades of turtles. As these names …

Molecular analyses of turtle relationships have overturned prevailing morphological
hypotheses and prompted the development of a new taxonomy. Here we provide the first …

Background We describe the genome of the western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii,
one of the most widespread, abundant, and well-studied turtles. We place the genome into a …

Progress in sequencing technology allows researchers to assemble ever-larger
supermatrices for phylogenomic inference. However, current phylogenomic studies often …

Biodiversidad de reptiles en México Page 1 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, Supl. 85:
S467-S475, 2014 DOI: 10.7550/rmb.43236 467 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, Supl. 85 …

Family Emydidae is a large and diverse group of turtles comprised of 50–60 extant species.
After a long history of taxonomic revision, the family is presently recognized as a …

Despite their complex evolutionary history and the rich fossil record, the higher level
phylogeny and historical biogeography of living turtles have not been investigated in a …

An accurate understanding of species diversity is essential to studies across a wide range of
biological subdisciplines. However, delimiting species remains challenging in evolutionary …