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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: de la Fuente, Marcelo S. (Author), Sterli, Juliana (Author), Maniel, Ignacio (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer Earth System Sciences,
Subjects:
Paleontology .
Evolution (Biology).
Plants-Evolution.
Bioinformatics.
Paleontology.
Evolutionary Biology.
Plant Evolution.
Computational and Systems Biology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Aquatic cryptodiran turtles: the most recent island hoppers
  • Tortoises: the oldest island hoppers
  • South Gondwanan pleurodiran turtles
  • North Gondwanan Pleurodiran Turtles
  •  Meiolaniforms: an extinct lineage of turtles of Gondwanan origin
  • Early differentiation of Mesozoic turtles.

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