Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles
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
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Marcelo S. de la Fuente Juliana Sterli Ignacio Maniel
Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles
Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles
Springer Earth System Sciences
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Marcelo S. de la Fuente • Juliana Sterli Ignacio Maniel
Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles
Marcelo S. de la Fuente CONICET Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael Parque Mariano Moreno S/N San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina
Juliana Sterli CONICET Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
Ignacio Maniel CONICET Fundación de Historia Natural Felix de Azara Universidad Maimonides Buenos Aires, Argentina
ISBN 978-3-319-00517-1 ISBN 978-3-319-00518-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-00518-8 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013945094 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
This monograph is dedicated to the memory of the Argentinean paleontologist Prof. Dr. Rosendo Pascual (1925–2012). Rosendo Pascual, in addition to serving the science generously, has influenced with his ideas three generations of vertebrate paleont
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