Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles

The extended continental South American turtle record (Norian to Lujanian) allows us to follow the evolution of this reptile clade from its origins. Several significant stem turtle taxa such as: Palaeochersis talampayensis and Condorchelys antiqua provide information on the first steps of turtle evo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: de la Fuente, Marcelo S. (Autor), Sterli, Juliana (Autor), Maniel, Ignacio (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Springer Earth System Sciences,
Temas:
Paleontology .
Evolution (Biology).
Plants-Evolution.
Bioinformatics.
Paleontology.
Evolutionary Biology.
Plant Evolution.
Computational and Systems Biology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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Sumario:The extended continental South American turtle record (Norian to Lujanian) allows us to follow the evolution of this reptile clade from its origins. Several significant stem turtle taxa such as: Palaeochersis talampayensis and Condorchelys antiqua provide information on the first steps of turtle evolution. Others such as: Chubutemys copelloi or Patagoniaemys gasparinae provide clues to the origin of the bizarre horned tortoises of the clade Meiolaniidae. The panpleurodiran species such as Notoemys laticentralis or Notoemys zapatocaensis shed light on the origin of modern pleurodiran turtles.  This book explores aquatic and terrestrial cryptodiran turtles, South Gondwana pleurodiran turtles, North Gondwana pleurodiran turtles; Meiolaniforms and early differentiation of Mesozoic turtles.
Descripción Física:XI, 168 p. 46 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783319005188
ISSN:2197-960X

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