Turtles of the clade Pan-Trionychidae have a rich fossil record in the Old World, ranging from
the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) to the Holocene. The clade most probably originated in …

Abstract Background Turtles (Testudinata) are a successful lineage of vertebrates with about
350 extant species that inhabit all major oceans and landmasses with tropical to temperate …

Bone ornamentation, that is, hollow (pits and grooves) or protruding (ridges) repetitive reliefs
on the surface of dermal bones, is a frequent, though poorly studied and understood, feature …

Purpose The record of fossil turtles of the Iberian Peninsula is abundant and diverse,
considering both the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic forms. The knowledge about the Iberian …

Bone ornamentation, in the form of rounded pits framed by a network of ridges, is a frequent
feature among a great diversity of gnathostome taxa. However, the basic osteogenic …

Pan‐trionychids (soft‐shelled turtles) are known from the Neogene and Quaternary fossil
record of Africa. They have so far been totally absent in Palaeogene localities of the …

The taxonomy of the soft-shell turtle Rafetus bohemicus (Liebus, 1930), family Trionychidae,
subfamily Trionychinae, is revised based on new and previously mentioned material …

Several important aspects of the evolution of the softshell turtle (family Trionychidae) have
not been addressed thoroughly in previous studies, including the pattern and timing of …

The Palaeogene sedimentary successions of the Duero Basin host an important record of
fossil vertebrates, especially mammals and reptiles. The main fossil sites are placed at the …

During the latest early Campanian, a diverse vertebrate assemblage inhabited the shallow
coastal waters of the Kristianstad Basin, southernmost Sweden. The taxon-rich fauna …