TY - BOOK ID - 19462573 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 - 3319005170 3319005189 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Turtles KW - Chelonia (Order) KW - Cryptodira KW - Fresh-water turtles KW - Freshwater turtles KW - Pleurodira KW - Terrapins KW - Testudinata KW - Testudines KW - Tortoises KW - Evolution KW - Geographical distribution KW - Acanthochelys. KW - Biogeographic. KW - Cryptodiran turtles. KW - Earth sciences. KW - Paleontology. KW - Systems biology. KW - Evolutionary biology. KW - Earth Sciences. KW - Evolutionary Biology. KW - Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. KW - Systems Biology. KW - Reptiles KW - Paleontology . KW - Evolution (Biology). KW - Biological models. KW - Models, Biological KW - Animal evolution KW - Animals KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Biology KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - Fossilogy KW - Fossilology KW - Palaeontology KW - Paleontology, Zoological KW - Paleozoology KW - Historical geology KW - Zoology KW - Fossils KW - Prehistoric animals in motion pictures KW - Plant systematics. KW - Plant taxonomy. KW - Computational biology KW - Bioinformatics KW - Biological systems KW - Molecular biology KW - Botanical classification KW - Botanical systematics KW - Botanical taxonomy KW - Botany KW - Classification KW - Plant biosystematics KW - Plant classification KW - Plant systematics KW - Plant taxonomy KW - Systematic botany KW - Systematics (Botany) KW - Taxonomy, Plant KW - Plant taxonomists KW - Plants UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19462573 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 -