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| Evolution of the side-necked turtles : the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae ; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 300 |
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| Title: | Evolution of the side-necked turtles : the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae ; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 300 |
| Authors: | Gaffney, Eugene S. Tong, Haiyan. Meylan, Peter A. (Peter Andre) |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 300 |
| Abstract: | "Although pleurodires have been considered significantly less diverse than their sister group, the cryptodires, current discoveries show that pleurodires had a more complex and extensive evolutionary history than had been realized. Previously unknown radiations, particularly in the near-shore marine realm, are revealed by taxa with diverse cranial morphology, indicating many different feeding and sensory strategies. The pleurodire group that is changed the most by the new discoveries is its largest group, the hyperfamily Pelomedusoides. The hyperfamily Pelomedusoides now consists of the families Pelomedusidae, Podocnemididae, Bothremydidae, Araripemydidae, and Euraxemydidae, new family. The families Bothremydidae, Araripemydidae, and Euraxemydidae, new family, are documented with descriptions of skulls, lower jaws, and shells. The relationships of the family Podocnemididae to its sister taxa Hamadachelys and Brasilemys are recognized by placing them in the epifamily Podocnemidinura. Th... |
| Description: | 698 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (1 col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 657-672). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5824 |
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