TY - GEN digital ID - 131514125 TI - Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles AU - de la Fuente, Marcelo S. AU - Sterli, Juliana AU - Maniel, Ignacio PY - 2014 SN - 9783319005188 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Geology. Earth sciences KW - General palaeontology KW - Evolution. Phylogeny KW - Systematics. Taxonomy. Nomenclature KW - Biology KW - Biotechnology KW - Geography KW - systematische plantkunde KW - biogeografie KW - biologie KW - biotechnologie KW - Europees recht KW - evolutieleer KW - geografie KW - paleontologie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131514125 AB - 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. ER -