| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 577 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Series |
Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology, 1877-9077 |
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Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology.
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| Contents |
Part 1. Perspectives on the life and accomplishments of Eugene S. Gaffney -- Eugene S. Gaffney : a professional biography and bibliography / Robert L. Carroll -- Autobiography (Through May 2009) / Eugene S. Gaffney |
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Part 2. The origin of turtles -- Problems of the ancestry of turtles / Robert L. Carroll -- Origin of the turtle body plan : the folding theory to illustrate turtle-specific developmental repatterning / Hiroshi Nagashima, Shigehiro Kuraku, Katsuhisa Uchida, Yoshie Kawashima-Ohya and Yuichi Narita, et al. -- The evolution of the turtle shell / Olivier Rieppel -- Three ways to tackle the turtle : integrating fossils, comparative embryology, and microanatomy / Torsten M. Scheyer, Ingmar Werneburg, Christian Mitgutsch, Massimo Delfino and Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra -- Geometric and developmental perspectives on the evolution of the skull and internal carotid circulation in turtles / Tetsuto Miyashita |
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Part 3. The early diversification of turtles -- New material of the platychelyid turtle Notoemyszapatocaensis from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia; implications for understanding Pleurodira evolution / Edwin A. Cadena, Carlos A. Jaramillo and Jonathan I. Bloch -- Spoochelys ormondea gen. et sp. nov., an archaic meiolaniid-like turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, Australia / Elizabeth T. Smith and Benjamin P. Kear -- Turtles from the Jurassic Shishugou Formation of the Junggar Basin, People's Republic of China, with comments on the basicranial region of basal eucryptodires / Donald B. Brinkman, David A. Eberth, Xing Xu, James M. Clark and Xiao-Chun Wu -- Rediscovery of the carapace of the lost holotype of the Purbeck turtle Cheloneobovata Owen 1842 / Andrew R. Milner -- Kappachelys okurai gen. et sp. nov., a new stem soft-shelled turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Japan / Ren Hirayama, Shinji Isaji and Tsuyoshi Hibino -- Morphology and relationships of Brachyopsemys tingitana gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Paleocene of Morocco and recognition of the new eucryptodiran turtle family : Sandownidae / Haiyan Tong and Peter Meylan |
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Part 4. Pleurodire diversity and biogeography -- A new long-necked turtle, Laganemys tenerensis (Pleurodira: Araripemydidae), from the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian-Albian) of Niger / Paul C. Sereno and Sara J. ElShafie -- Two synchronic and sympatric Bothremydidae taxa (Chelonii, Pleurodira) in the Late Cretaceous site of "Lo Hueco" (Cuenca, Spain) / Adán Pérez-García, Francisco Ortega and Xabier Murelaga -- New information about Pelomedusoides (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the Cretaceous of Brazil / Pedro S.R. Romano, Gustavo R. Oliveira, Sergio A.K. Azevedo, Alexander W.A. Kellner and Diogenes de Almeida Campos -- Nostimochelonelampra gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic new Podocnemidoidean turtle from the Early Miocene of Northern Greece / Georgios L. Georgalis, Evangelos Velitzelos, Dimitrios E. Velitzelos and Benjamin P. Kear -- A new species of Bairdemys (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Oligocene (Early Chattian) Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina, USA, and its paleobiogeographic implications for the genus / Robert E. Weems and James L. Knight |
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Part 5. Diversity, biogeography, and paleobiology of Late Cretaceous and Tertiary turtles -- Preliminary overview of Late Cretaceous turtle diversity in Eastern Central Europe (Austria, Hungary, and Romania) / Márton Rabi, Mátyás Vremir and Haiyan Tong -- Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland Formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA / Robert M. Sullivan, Steven E. Jasinski and Spencer G. Lucas -- A new species of Neurankylus from the Milk River Formation (Cretaceous: Santonian) of Alberta, Canada, and a revision of the type species N. eximius / Derek W. Larson, Nicholas R. Longrich, David C. Evans and Michael J. Ryan -- Redescription of Zangerlia dzamynchondi (Testudines: Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, with a reassessment of the phylogenetic position and relationships of Zangerlia / Igor G. Danilov, Vladimir B. Sukhanov and Elena V. Syromyatnikova -- Cretaceous trionychids of Asia: An expanded review of their record and biogeography / Igor G. Danilov and Natasha S. Vitek -- Fossil European sea turtles: A historical perspective / Richard T.J. Moody, Cyril A. Walker and Sandra D. Chapman -- Fossil Kinosternidae from the Oligocene and Miocene of Florida, USA / Jason R. Bourque -- New turtles from the Paleogene of North America / J. Howard Hutchison |
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Part 6. Pathologies, anomalies, and variation in turtle skeletons -- Osseous and other hard tissue pathologies in turtles and abnormalities of mineral deposition / Bruce M. Rothschild, Hans-Peter Schultze and Rodrigo Pellegrini -- Morphological variation in the carapace and plastron of Terrapenecoahuila Schmidt and Owens 1944 / Robert W. Burroughs, Christopher J. Bell, Travis J. LaDuc and Dean A. Hendrickson |
| Summary |
"This volume celebrates the contributions of Dr. Eugene Gaffney to the study of turtles, through a diverse and complementary collection of papers that showcases the latest research on one of the most intriguing groups of reptiles. A mix of focused and review papers deals with numerous aspects of the evolutionary history of turtles, including embryonic development, origins, early diversification, phylogenetic relationships, and biogeography. Moreover it includes reports on important but poorly understood fossil turtle assemblages, provides historical perspectives on turtle research, and documents disease and variation in turtles. With its broad scope, which includes descriptions of material and new taxa from Australia, Asia, and Europe, as well as North and South America, this work will be an essential resource for anyone interested in the morphology and evolution of turtles. "This volume's breadth of time, geography, and taxonomic coverage makes it a major contribution to the field and a 'must have' for all vertebrate paleontologists.", James F. Parham, California State University, CA, USA "A comprehensive and sweeping overview of turtle evolution by the top experts in the field that will interest everyone curious about these unique reptiles." Jason S. Anderson, University of Calgary, Canada "An invaluable addition to the literature that covers the full spectrum of approaches toward understanding the evolution of these noble creatures." Ann C. Burke, Wesleyan University, CT, USA "A truly comprehensive volume that both the student of fossil turtles, as well as the general reader interested in these enigmatic creatures, will find fascinating."--Tyler Lyson, Yale University, CT, USA |
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Science -- History |
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Paleontology |
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Evolution (Biology) |
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Morphology (Animals) |
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Vertebrates |
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Evolutionary Biology |
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Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Turtles, Fossil -- Congresses
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Turtles -- Evolution -- Congresses
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Fossils.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Fossils
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Turtles -- anatomy & histology
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Biological Evolution
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fossils.
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evolution.
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NATURE -- Fossils.
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Fossils
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Evolution (Biology)
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Turtles -- Evolution
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Turtles, Fossil
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brinkman, Donald, editor.
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Holroyd, Patricia A., editor.
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Gardner, James D. (James Douglas), 1966- editor.
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| ISBN |
9789400743090 |
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9400743092 |
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9781283633727 |
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1283633728 |
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9786613946171 |
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6613946176 |
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