TY - JOUR AU - Chou, Chunyong AU - Xing, Lida AU - Wang, Fengping AU - Xie, Xianming AU - Tong, Haiyan TI - A new Chengyuchelys latimarginalis record from the Upper Jurassic Shangshaximaio Formation of Sichuan Basin, China, and the intraspecific variation JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL PY - 2023 PG - 15 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2023.2201932 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33879763 ID - 33879763 AB - A new Chengyuchelys latimarginalis (Xinjiangchelyidae) specimen is reported based on a well-preserved, nearly complete shell from the upper part of the Upper Jurassic Shangshaximiao Formation of Qijiang District, Chongqing Municipality, China. The Xinjiangchelyidae were widely distributed in Asia during the Jurassic and were the dominant turtle group in Asian freshwater ecosystems during the Late Jurassic. The Qijiang specimen adds a new element to the yet poorly known freshwater vertebrate fauna and extends the geographical distribution of C. latimarginalis. This paper discusses the intraspecific variation in C. latimarginalis for the first time. It provides a new insight for studying the evolution, habitat, and diversity of xinjiangchelyids. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Obraztsova, Ekaterina M. AU - Sukhanov, Vladimir B. AU - Danilov, Igor G. TI - Cranial morphology of Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov, 2006, a stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia, with implications for the paleoecology of stem turtles JF - JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY J2 - J VERTEBR PALEONTOL PY - 2023 PG - 24 SN - 0272-4634 DO - 10.1080/02724634.2023.2293997 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34602336 ID - 34602336 AB - The detailed morphological description of the skull of the stem turtle Heckerochelys romani from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of the Peski locality, Moscow Region, Russia, is provided herein. All cranial structures of Heckerochelys romani prove to be more advanced than in the Triassic and Early Jurassic stem turtles, but more primitive than in crown turtles; its morphology can be basic for both Cryptodira and Pleurodira. Only a few insignificant differences in skull morphology could be found between Heckerochelys romani and Eileanchelys waldmani, except for the size. Several cranial characters of Heckerochelys romani, such as architecture of the feeding apparatus and geometry of the cavum tympani, may indicate the aquatic habitat preference for this turtle, which is supported by taphonomic conditions. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Xing, Lida AU - Romilio, Anthony AU - Chou, Chunyong AU - Lockley, Martin G. TI - Turtle tracks from the middle Jurassic Yaopo formation in Beijing, China JF - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY J2 - HIST BIOL PY - 2023 PG - 6 SN - 0891-2963 DO - 10.1080/08912963.2023.2241064 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34267932 ID - 34267932 AB - This study introduces new discoveries of fossil footprints from the Middle Jurassic Yaopo Formation in Beijing, China, marking the first reptile fossils that have been discovered in this formation. The two small footprints with parallel digits and drag marks suggest they were made by tetrapods moving through water. While there are similarities to crocodylian and pterosaur tracks, the evaluation suggests that turtles are the most likely trace-makers. If correct, the Yaopo Formation footprints are likely made by xinjiangchelyids, given their dominance in Asian freshwater ecosystems during the Late Jurassic and their widespread distribution in Late Jurassic China. Sichuanchelyids, Bashuchelyidae, and Hongkongochelys are less likely candidates due to their limited temporal and geographical distribution. This finding adds to the growing body of evidence on the evolution and ecology of turtles in Asia during the Late Jurassic period. These new findings offer important insights into the behaviour and spatiotemporal occurrence of these ancient reptiles and expand our understanding of their role in prehistoric aquatic ecosystems. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Dupuis-Desormeaux, Marc AU - Lovich, Jeffrey E. AU - Gibbons, J. Whitfield TI - Re-evaluating invasive species in degraded ecosystems: a case study of red-eared slider turtles as partial ecological analogs JF - Discover Sustainability J2 - Discov Sustain VL - 3 PY - 2022 IS - 1 PG - 13 SN - 2662-9984 DO - 10.1007/s43621-022-00083-w UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33781171 ID - 33781171 AB - Exotic species are often vilified as "bad" without consideration of the potential they have for contributing to ecological functions in degraded ecosystems. The red-eared slider turtle (RES) has been disparaged as one of the worst invasive species. Based on this review, we suggest that RES contribute some ecosystem functions in urban wetlands comparable to those provided by the native turtles they sometimes dominate or replace. While we do not advocate for releases outside their native range, or into natural environments, in this review, we examine the case for the RES to be considered potentially beneficial in heavily human-altered and degraded ecosystems where native turtles struggle or fail to persist. After reviewing the ecosystem functions RESs are known to provide, we conclude that in many modified environments the RES is a partial ecological analog to native turtles and removing them may obviate the ecological benefits they provide. We also suggest research avenues to better understand the role of RESs in heavily modified wetlands. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Obraztsova, Ekaterina M. AU - Krasnolutskii, Sergei A. AU - Sukhanov, Vladimir B. AU - Danilov, Igor G. TI - Xinjiangchelyid turtles from the Middle Jurassic of the Berezovsk coal mine (Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia): systematics, skeletal morphology, variation, relationships and palaeobiogeographic implications JF - JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY J2 - J SYST PALAEONTOL VL - 20 PY - 2022 IS - 1 PG - 61 SN - 1477-2019 DO - 10.1080/14772019.2022.2093662 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33185294 ID - 33185294 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Russian Science Foundation [19-14-00020-G]; Russian Foundation for Basic Research [20-04-00222A]; Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences [122031100282-2] Funding text: The authors are grateful to all who participated in the collection of material in the Berezovsk coal mine (see Averianov et al. 2016) and to A. A. Ostroshabov (Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia) for the painting of the hypothetical reconstruction of Annemys variabilis. Two reviewers (W. G. Joyce and an anonymous reviewer) are thanked for useful comments and corrections to the English. This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (19-14-00020-G; work of EMO and IGD on shell and non-shell postcranial material), Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 20-04-00222A; work of IGD, EMO and VBS on skull material) and the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (project 122031100282-2). AB - This paper is devoted to the description of a new species of xinjiangchelyid turtle - Annemys variabilis sp. nov. - represented by thousands of isolated bones and several more complete specimens from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Itat Formation of the Berezovsk coal mine, Krasnoyarsk Territory, western Siberia, Russia. The description is based on a sample of the best-preserved specimens. The new species differs from other Annemys spp. by a combination of cranial and shell characters. The basisphenoids (about 200 specimens) of A. variabilis demonstrate variation in 12 characters, some of which are reported in turtles for the first time. About 20 shell characters of A. variabilis are subject to ontogenetic or interindividual variation. Some of these characters are variable in other Annemys spp. and other xinjiangchelyids. The formula of the cervical vertebrae [(2(3()4()5()6()7()8) or (2(3()4()5()6()7()8(] with two opisthocoelous vertebrae (2 and 3), four or five amphicoelous vertebrae (4-7 or 4-8), and one procoelous vertebra is unique for this species among xinjiangchelyids, which were previously known to have only amphicoelous cervicals. Other characters of the non-shell postcranium correspond to those of other xinjiangchelyids. Of the three phylogenetic analyses performed in this study, Analysis 1 does not support the monophyly of either Xinjiangchelyidae or Annemys, Analysis 2 shows paraphyly of Xinjiangchelyidae and monophyly of the Annemys clade (A. latiens, A. levensis, A. variabilis and A. wusu), and Analysis 3 supports monophyly of the Annemys clade with A. latiens, A. levensis and A. variabilis, only in the majority rule consensus tree. The diversity of the turtle assemblage of the Itat Formation is re-assessed as containing 2-3 taxa (A. variabilis [=Testudines indet. 2], Testudines indet. 1 and 3), which is in agreement with similar diversities seen in some other Middle Jurassic Asian turtle assemblages. The known record of Annemys spp. is restricted to the northern part of Asia.https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E836F02F-21DD-4A36-ACBB-4170A6CD46AD LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Xing, Xu AU - Clark, James M. AU - Eberth, David A. AU - Currie, Philip J. TI - The Shishugou Fauna of the Middle-Late Jurassic Transition Period in the Junggar Basin of Western China JF - ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION J2 - ACTA GEOL SIN-ENGL VL - 96 PY - 2022 IS - 4 SP - 1115 EP - 1135 PG - 21 SN - 1000-9515 DO - 10.1111/1755-6724.14996 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33185295 ID - 33185295 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: National Natural Science Foundation of China [42288201, 41688103, 40830210, 41120124002]; National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences [NSF EAR 0310217, 0922187, 1636753]; National Geographic Society Funding text: The authors thank Wang Haijun and other members of the Sino-American expedition team for collecting fossils and other geological samples, D. Ward for screen washing at Konglonggou, A. Moore for discussion, Ren Minghui for editing the figures, and the Smithsonian Freer Gallery Library. The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42288201, 41688103, 40830210, 41120124002), the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences (NSF EAR 0310217, 0922187, 1636753) and the National Geographic Society. AB - The Middle-Late Jurassic transition period is a critical period for the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates, but the global fossil record from this time is relatively poor. The Shishugou Fauna of this period has recently produced significant fossil remains of dinosaurs and other vertebrate groups, some representing the earliest known members of several dinosaurian groups and other vertebrate groups and some representing the best-known specimens of their group. These discoveries are significant for our understanding of the origin and evolution of several vertebrate lineages. Radiometric dating indicates that the fauna is aged approximately 159-164 Ma. Comparisons with other similarly-aged terrestrial faunas such as Shaximiao and Yanliao show both taxonomic similarities and differences between these faunas and indicate that the Junggar deposits might have preserved the most complete vertebrate fossil record for a Middle-Late Jurassic Laurasian terrestrial fauna. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Schaedel, Mario AU - Hoernig, Marie K. AU - Hyzny, Matus AU - Haug, Joachim T. TI - Mass occurrence of small isopodan crustaceans in 100-million-year-old amber: an extraordinary view on behaviour of extinct organisms JF - PALAEONTOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT J2 - PALAEONTOL Z VL - 95 PY - 2021 IS - 3 SP - 429 EP - 445 PG - 17 SN - 0031-0220 DO - 10.1007/s12542-021-00564-9 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32080724 ID - 32080724 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Slovak Research and Development Agency [APVV-0436-12, /0042/18]; UNESCO-Amba/ MVTS of Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG 6300/3-2]; Volkswagen Foundation; Lichtenberg professorship; Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft [Xradia XCT-200, DFG INST 292/119-1 FUGG, DFG INST 292/120-1 FUGG] Funding text: We thank Peter Vransky (ESISAS, ZISAS, FISAS Bratislava) for revealing the sample from his personal collection. We are grateful to Francisco Vega (Mexico City), Walter Etter (Basel), Mike Reich (Munich) and one anonymous reviewer for their kind and constructive comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the contracts no. APVV-0436-12; /0042/18 and by UNESCO-Amba/ MVTS supporting grant of Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. This study is part of the project 'Palaeo-Evo-Devo of Malacostraca', kindly funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG 6300/3-2). JTH is kindly supported by the Volkswagen Foundation with a Lichtenberg professorship. The Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft is thanked for major research instrumentation funding (Xradia XCT-200; DFG INST 292/119-1 FUGG; DFG INST 292/120-1 FUGG). We thank Margarita Yavorskaya for help with the figure plates. We thank Carolin Haug and J. Matthias for long-standing support. Thanks to the enormous effort of numerous developers, it was possible to prepare most parts of this manuscript using open software. AB - Within Isopoda (woodlice and relatives), there are lineages characterised by a parasitic lifestyle that all belong to Cymothoida and likely form a monophyletic group. Representatives of Epicaridea (ingroup of Cymothoida) are parasitic on crustaceans and usually go through three distinct larval stages. The fossil record of Epicaridea is sparse and thus little is known about the palaeoecology and the origin of the complex life cycle of modern epicarideans. We present an assemblage of over 100 epicarideans preserved in a single piece of Late Cretaceous Myanmar amber. All individuals are morphologically similar to cryptoniscium stage larvae. The cryptoniscium stage usually constitutes the third and last larval stage. In modern representatives of Epicaridea, the cryptoniscium larvae are planktic and search for suitable host animals or adult females. These fossil specimens, though similar to some extant species, differ from other fossil epicaridean larvae in many aspects. Thus, a new species (and a new genus), Cryptolacruma nidis, is erected. Several factors can favour the preservation of multiple conspecific animals in a single piece of amber. However, the enormous density of epicarideans in the herein presented amber piece can only be explained by circumstances that result in high local densities of individuals, close to the resin-producing tree. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tong, Haiyan AU - Chanthasit, Phornphen AU - Naksri, Wilailuck AU - Ditbanjong, Pitaksit AU - Suteethorn, Suravech AU - Buffetaut, Eric AU - Suteethorn, Varavudh AU - Wongko, Kamonlak AU - Deesri, Uthumporn AU - Claude, Julien TI - Yakemys multiporcata n. g. n. sp., a Large Macrobaenid Turtle from the Basal Cretaceous of Thailand, with a Review of the Turtle Fauna from the Phu Kradung Formation and Its Stratigraphical Implications JF - DIVERSITY (BASEL) J2 - DIVERSITY-BASEL VL - 13 PY - 2021 IS - 12 PG - 18 SN - 1424-2818 DO - 10.3390/d13120630 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32981197 ID - 32981197 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: International Research Group PalBioDivASE (IRN) grant of CNRS; Mahasarakham University Development Fund; Mahasarakham University (PRC) research grant Funding text: This research was funded by a grant from the International Research Group PalBioDivASE (IRN) grant of CNRS, and the Mahasarakham University Development Fund and the Mahasarakham University (PRC) research grant of the fiscal year 2020. AB - Yakemys multiporcata n. g. n. sp. is described on the basis of shell elements from the upper part of the Phu Kradung Formation (basal Cretaceous), Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand and assigned to Macrobaenidae. The new taxon is unusually large for an early macrobaenid (with an estimated carapace length about 70 cm) and is characterized by a large, rounded, low shell, the presence of a midline keel and numerous additional strong ridges on the carapace, the anterolateral margin upturned to form a gutter, posterolateral peripherals mesiolaterally expanded, narrow vertebrals, the vertebral 4 triangular and narrowed posteriorly, a greatly reduced plastron with a short bridge, an oval and elongate entoplastron with reduced ventral exposure, and strip-shaped epiplastra. The discovery of a macrobaenid turtle provides further support for an Early Cretaceous age for the upper part of the Phu Kradung Formation. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Upchurch, Paul AU - Mannion, Philip D. AU - Xu, Xing AU - Barrett, Paul M. TI - Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods JF - JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY J2 - J VERTEBR PALEONTOL VL - 41 PY - 2021 IS - 4 PG - 31 SN - 0272-4634 DO - 10.1080/02724634.2021.1994414 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32981198 ID - 32981198 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Royal Society; Leverhulme Trust [RPG-129]; National Geographic Waitt grant [W421-16]; Royal Society University Research Fellowship [UF160216]; Jurassic Foundation; Departmental Investment Funds of the Natural History Museum, London; National Natural Science Foundation of China [41688103] Funding text: We thank the collections staff at IVPP for facilitating access to the material described herein. V. Zurriaguz (Univ. Nacl. Rio Negro) and A. Otero (Univ. Nacl. De La Plata) advised us on the history and anatomy of Neuquensaurus. We are grateful to M. Ren and H. Zang for assistance with drafting Fig. 1 and providing some of the images used in Figs. 5-8. We thank the Willi Hennig Society for supporting the TNT phylogenetic package. An earlier version of this manuscript was greatly improved by suggestions made by the editor (M. D'Emic) and reviewers (J. A. Whitlock and D. Vidal). PU acknowledges Royal Society travel grants, Leverhulme Trust Research Grant RPG-129, and National Geographic Waitt grant (W421-16), for supporting his work in China and data collection elsewhere. PDM's research is supported by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (UF160216), and a Jurassic Foundation grant contributed to his work in China. PMB was funded by grants from the Royal Society and the Departmental Investment Funds of the Natural History Museum, London. XX was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41688103). AB - Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum is a Late Jurassic sauropod from northwestern China that was erected on the basis of a cervicodorsal vertebra, four teeth, and a nearly complete forelimb. However, re-evaluation of this material, and comparisons with other taxa, indicate that there are few grounds for regarding these specimens as congeneric. Consequently, although we retain the vertebra as the holotype specimen of Hudiesaurus, the forelimb is assigned to a new taxon-Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis, gen. et sp. nov. The teeth previously referred to Hudiesaurus are poorly preserved but resemble those of several other 'core Mamenchisaurus-like taxa' (CMTs) from East Asia, such as Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum. Phylogenetic analyses confirm that Hudiesaurus is a CMT and the sister taxon of Xinjiangtitan. Despite some uniquely shared features, their large size, and close geographic provenance, Hudiesaurus and Xinjiangtitan are retained as distinct genera based on their stratigraphic separation and numerous anatomical differences. Rhomaleopakhus is also shown to be a CMT in all analyses, being most closely related to Chuanjiesaurus and Analong. We link the convergent evolution of robust antebrachia and an enlarged olecranon in CMTs, titanosaurs, and some ornithischians (e.g., ceratopsids) to a more flexed orientation of the forearm, an enhanced role for the forelimb in locomotion, and an anterior shift in the whole-body center of mass. CMTs and titanosaurs potentially converged on a feeding strategy in which the ability to increase browse height via bipedal rearing was sacrificed in return for more efficient locomotion that improved travel between patchily distributed food sources. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Hu, Xufeng AU - Li, Lu AU - Dai, Hui AU - Wang, Ping AU - Buffetaut, Eric AU - Wei, Guangbiao AU - Xiong, Can AU - Tong, Haiyan TI - Turtle remains from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang, Sichuan Basin, China JF - ANNALES DE PALEONTOLOGIE J2 - ANN PALEONTOL VL - 106 PY - 2020 IS - 4 PG - 8 SN - 0753-3969 DO - 10.1016/j.annpal.2020.102440 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33316350 ID - 33316350 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Postdoctoral Project of Chongqing, China [Xm2017069]; Project of Dinosaur Fossil Protection andResearch of Chongqing Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources [kj-2018035] Funding text: We thank Zhang Yuqing for preparing the specimen; IgorDanilov and Marton Rabi for reviewing the manuscript. Thiswork is supported by Postdoctoral Project of Chongqing, China(No. Xm2017069) and Project of Dinosaur Fossil Protection andResearch of Chongqing Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources(No. kj-2018035). AB - Three turtle shells from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang (Chongqing, China) are described and assigned to Xinjiangchelyidae (Testudines: Eucryptodira). This is the first report of turtle remains from the Xintiangou Formation, Sichuan Basin and represents the oldest known Xinjiangchelyidae. The assemblage includes two taxa, Protoxinjiangchelys sp. and Xinjiangchelyidae indet. This discovery extends the stratigraphical distribution of Xinjiangchelyidae and improves our knowledge about the early evolution of that family. It demonstrates that by the Middle Jurassic, at the time of deposition of the Xintiangou Formation, the group was already diversified in the Sichuan Basin. (C) 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Maisch, Michael W. AU - Matzke, Andreas T. TI - First record of a eusauropod (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic Qigu-Formation (southern Junggar Basin, China), and a reconsideration of Late Jurassic sauropod diversity in Xinjiang JF - NEUES JAHRBUCH FÜR GEOLOGIE UND PALAONTOLOGIE-ABHANDLUNGEN J2 - NEUES JAHRB GEOL P-A VL - 291 PY - 2019 IS - 1 SP - 109 EP - 117 PG - 9 SN - 0077-7749 DO - 10.1127/njgpa/2019/0792 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31064462 ID - 31064462 AB - An isolated tooth-crown from the middle Qigu Formation (Late Jurassic, ?Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian) of Liuhuanggou near Urumqi, southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Peoples Republic of China, is described. Its morphological features, including shape and cross-section of the crown and morphology of the wear facet closely approach the well-known Chinese sauropod genus Mamenchisaurus. The morphology of the lingual depression and the lack of denticles (unlikely to be caused by wear) even more approaches Euhelopus. The tooth is referred to ?Mamenchisauridae gen. et sp. indet., but it may possibly represent an early euhelopodid, a family not yet known from the Jurassic. It is the first record of a eusauropod from the Qigu-Formation of the southern Junggar Basin. If indeed a mamenchisaurid, a family well-known from the northern Junggar Basin and the adjacent Turpan Basin, it might fill a palaeobiogeographic gap and underlines faunistic similarity between the Qigu Formation of the southern Junggar Basin and the Shishugou Formation of the northern Junggar Basin. If it is a euhelopodid, it would be the earliest known representative of that family. New data on the age of the Qigu Formation indicate that Xinjiang shows the highest diversity of Late Jurassic sauropods currently known from Asia. This may in part be the result of taxonomic oversplitting, as there is little, if any, overlap in the type specimens of several named taxa. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tong, Haiyan AU - Naksri, Wilailuck AU - Buffetaut, Eric AU - Suteethorn, Suravech AU - Suteethorn, Varavudh AU - Chantasit, Phornphen AU - Claude, Julien TI - Kalasinemys, a new xinjiangchelyid turtle from the Late Jurassic of NE Thailand JF - GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE J2 - GEOL MAG VL - 156 PY - 2019 IS - 10 SP - 1645 EP - 1656 PG - 12 SN - 0016-7568 DO - 10.1017/S0016756818000791 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31064461 ID - 31064461 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: project PalBioDivASE under a 'Groupe de Recherche International' (GDRI) grant from CNRS; Mahasarakham University Development Fund; National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT); Department of Mineral Resources, Thailand Funding text: We thank students and members of the Palaeontological Research and Education Centre (PRC) of Mahasahakham University and Sirindhorn Museum, Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) of Thailand who took part in the field work at Phu Noi, and two anonymous referees for their reviews. This research is supported by the project PalBioDivASE under a 'Groupe de Recherche International' (GDRI) grant from CNRS; the Mahasarakham University Development Fund and the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) of the fiscal year 2016 and the Department of Mineral Resources, Thailand. Thanks to the Sirindhorn Museum (Kalasin, Thailand) for the facilities to access the fossil collection housed there. AB - A new xinjiangchelyid turtle, Kalasinemys prasarttongosothi n. gen. n. sp., is described on the basis of skull and shell material from the Upper Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation at Phu Noi locality, Kalasin Province, in NE Thailand. This second xinjiangchelyid turtle from Phu Noi is distinct from Phunoichelys thirakhupti by the smooth shell surface, the presence of a cervical notch, and vertebral 1 narrower than nuchal. The skull presents an arterial system characteristic of the Xinjiangchelyidae (basal Eucryptodira), and its outline is similar to that of Annemys spp. known from the Middle-Late Jurassic of China and Mongolia, but distinct from the latter mainly by the wider triturating surface, smaller foramen palatinum posterius and the shape of the prefrontal and frontal, as well as that of the basisphenoid and basioccipital. Based on the turtle assemblages, the correlation with mainland Asia further supports a Late Jurassic age for the lower part of the Phu Kradung Formation where Phu Noi site is located stratigraphically. Our study provides new insight on the evolution of the basal eucryptodiran turtles in Asia. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Georgalis, Georgios L AU - Joyce, Walter G TI - A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae JF - BULLETIN OF THE PEABODY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY J2 - B PEABODY MUS NAT HIST VL - 58 PY - 2017 IS - 1 SP - 115 EP - 208 PG - 94 SN - 0079-032X DO - 10.3374/014.058.0106 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/26748021 ID - 26748021 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: University of Fribourg; University of Turin; [SYNTHESYS ES-TAF-5910]; [SYNTHESYS AT-TAF-5911]; [SYNTHESYS HU-TAF-6145] Funding text: We would like to thank an extensive list of people, who provided us with information or photographs of specimens or access to literature or collections. In partial alphabetical order, these include Jaroslav BSPG Bazant and Pavel Dvorak (OMM), Giovanni Bianucci and Chiara Sorbini (University of Pisa), Edwin Cadena (Yachay Tech), Marta Calvo-Revuelta (MNCN), Andrej Cernansky and Jozef Klembara (Comenius University of Bratislava), Elisabetta Cioppi (IGF), Massimo Delfino and Marton Rabi (University of Turin), Boris Ekrt (NMP), Letizia Del Favero and Mariagabriella For-nasiero (MGP-PD), Annelise Folie and Thierry Smith (IRSNB), Rafaella Garbin and Halim Zinaoui (Universita of Fribourg), Richard Gemel and Ursula Gohlich (NHMW), Martin Gross (UMJGP), Ren Hirayama (Waseda University, Tokyo), Drazen Japundzic (CNHM), Tassos Kot-sakis (University of Rome 3), Yves Laurent (MHNT), Laszlo Makadi (MFGI), Robin Marchant (MGL), Silvia Menendez (MG-IGME), Eckhard Monnig (NMCL), Daniele Ormezzano (MGPT-PU), David Reese (Yale University), Lorenzo Rook (University di Firenze), Liana Sasaran (MTB), Daniela Schwarz (MB), Zuzana Varilova (MMUL), Stefan Vasile (University of Bucharest), Judit Voros (Hungarian Natural History Museum), Matyas Vremir (Transylvanian Museum Society), and Daniel Zoboli (University of Cagliari). Massimo Delfino (University of Turin), Natasha Vitek (University of Florida), and Igor Danilov (ZIN PH) provided us with many valuable comments before, during, and after the review process. We would like also to thank Igor Danilov (ZIN PH), Massimo Delfino and Marton Rabi (University of Turin), Juliana Sterli (Museo Egidio Feruglio), and Madalina Bonta and Virginie Volpato (University of Fribourg) for spell-checking literature in their native tongues. This project was supported by SYNTHESYS ES-TAF-5910, SYNTHESYS AT-TAF-5911, and SYNTHESYS HU-TAF-6145, as well as travel funding from the Universities of Fribourg and Turin to G.L.G. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lovich, Jeffrey Edward AU - Quillman, Mari AU - Zitt, Brian AU - Schroeder, Adam AU - Green, David Earl AU - Yackulic, Charles AU - Gibbons, Paul AU - Goode, Eric TI - The effects of drought and fire in the extirpation of an abundant semi-aquatic turtle from a lacustrine environment in the southwestern USA JF - KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS J2 - KNOWL MANAG AQUAT EC PY - 2017 IS - 418 PG - 11 SN - 1961-9502 DO - 10.1051/kmae/2017008 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/26711338 ID - 26711338 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Desert Tortoise Council Funding text: Special thanks to Dr. Hon Ip and Renee Long who assisted with virus cultures, Brenda Berlowsky who assisted with bacterial and mycoplasmal cultures and identifications, and Mauritz Sterner who identified helminths. Stephanie Steinfeldt assisted in tissue preparations for histological examination. Hayley Mandaro provided field assistance. An earlier version of the manuscript benefited greatly from comments offered by R. Bruce Bury, Ted Kennedy, and Shellie Puffer. Mohammed Znari kindly provided the French translation of our abstract. Research was supported by a grant from the Desert Tortoise Council. All research was permitted by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service. Animal handling protocols were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Northern Arizona University. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Mariani, Thiago F AU - Romano, Pedro S R TI - Intra-specific variation and allometry of the skull of Late Cretaceous side-necked turtle Bauruemysel egans(Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) and how to deal with morphometric data in fossil vertebrates JF - PEERJ J2 - PEERJ VL - 5 PY - 2017 PG - 40 SN - 2167-8359 DO - 10.7717/peerj.2890 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/26748317 ID - 26748317 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnologico (CNPq); Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES); Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) [PRI-00076-17] Funding text: This research was supported by Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnologico (CNPq) and Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), scholarships to Thiago Mariani. Publication fees were supported by Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) (PRI-00076-17 granted to Pedro Romano). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Danilov, IG AU - Obraztsova, EM TI - Taxonomic position of Oxemys gutta Nessov, 1977, a problematic turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan, and basisphenoid morphology in some groups of Late Mesozoic turtles of Asia JF - PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL J2 - PALEONTOL J+ VL - 49 PY - 2015 IS - 3 SP - 279 EP - 292 PG - 14 SN - 0031-0301 DO - 10.1134/S003103011503003X UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/24909855 ID - 24909855 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Russian Scientific Foundation [14-14-00015] Funding text: This study was supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation, project no. 14-14-00015. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Foth, Christian AU - Evers, Serjoscha W AU - Pabst, Ben AU - Mateus, Octavio AU - Flisch, Alexander AU - Patthey, Mike AU - Rauhut, Oliver W M TI - New insights into the lifestyle of Allosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) based on another specimen with multiple pathologies JF - PEERJ J2 - PEERJ VL - 3 PY - 2015 PG - 33 SN - 2167-8359 DO - 10.7717/peerj.940 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/24851969 ID - 24851969 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Volkswagen Foundation [I/84 640] Funding text: This study was supported by the Volkswagen Foundation under grant I/84 640 (to Oliver W.M. Rauhut). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Joyce, Walter G TI - The origin of turtles: A paleontological perspective JF - JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION J2 - J EXP ZOOL PART B PY - 2015 SN - 1552-5007 DO - 10.1002/jez.b.22609 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/24569737 ID - 24569737 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tong, Haiyan AU - Dong, Zhiming AU - Wang, Tao TI - A revision of Xinjiangchelys oshanensis (), and new material from the Middle Jurassic of Lufeng, Yunnan Province, China JF - BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE / EARTH SCIENCES BULLETIN J2 - B SOC GEOL FR VL - 186 PY - 2015 IS - 1 SP - 43 EP - 49 PG - 7 SN - 0037-9409 DO - 10.2113/gssgfbull.186.1.43 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/24569729 ID - 24569729 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Xing, Lida AU - Miyashita, Tetsuto AU - Zhang, Jianping AU - Li, Daqing AU - Ye, Yong AU - Sekiya, Toru AU - Wang, Fengping AU - Currie, Philip J TI - A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China and the diversity, distribution, and relationships of mamenchisaurids JF - JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY J2 - J VERTEBR PALEONTOL PY - 2015 IS - ahead-of-print SN - 0272-4634 DO - 10.1080/02724634.2014.889701 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/24569735 ID - 24569735 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Qijiang County Bureau of Land and Resources, Chongqing, China; Vanier CGS; Alberta Innovates PGS; NSERC Funding text: The authors thank directors, collections managers, and curators at numerous institutions that they visited for this project. T. M. especially thanks those at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Zigong Dinosaur Museum, and Qijiang Petrified Wood and Dinosaur Footprint National Geological Park Museum (China) for access to specimens in their care and for their hospitality. O. Mateus (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal), J. D. Harris (Dixie State College, U.S.A.), E. B. Koppelhus, K. Miyashita, and W. S. Persons (University of Alberta, Canada), P. Upchurch (University College London, U. K.), J. A. Wilson (University of Michigan, U. S. A.), and H.-L. You (Institute of Geology, China) provided discussion, data sets, and/or logistic support. A. Paulina Carabajal and O. Wings provided careful reviews, and P. Druckenmiller and H.-L. You's attention to detail improved the style and presentation of the manuscript. Financial aid for this project came from Qijiang County Bureau of Land and Resources, Chongqing, China (to L. X.), Vanier CGS and Alberta Innovates PGS (to T. M.), and NSERC (to P.J.C.). Author contributions: L. X., J.Z., D. L., and F.W. conducted the field work and did the initial research. T. M. and L. X. executed description and comparison. L. X., T. M., J.Z., D. L., Y.Y., T. S., F.W., and P.J.C. provided materials and analytical tools. T. M., L. X., and P.J.C. drafted the manuscript. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Rabi, Márton AU - Sukhanov, VB AU - Egorova, VN AU - Danilov, I AU - Joyce, AG TI - OSTEOLOGY, RELATIONSHIPS, AND ECOLOGY OF ANNEMYS ( TESTUDINES, EUCRYPTODIRA) FROM THE LATE JURASSIC OF SHAR TEG, MONGOLIA, AND PHYLOGENETIC DEFINITIONS FOR XINJIANGCHELYIDAE, SINEMYDIDAE, AND MACROBAENIDAE JF - JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY J2 - J VERTEBR PALEONTOL VL - 34 PY - 2014 IS - 2 SP - 327 EP - 352 PG - 26 SN - 0272-4634 DO - 10.1080/02724634.2013.807274 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/2575619 ID - 2575619 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [JO 928/2-1]; DFG [MA 1643/14-1]; Russian Foundation for Basic Research [11-04-91331-NNIO]; MTA Lendulet Program [95104] Funding text: We thank E. Syromyatnikova for patiently assisting M.R. and W.G.J. during their stay at PIN. D. Brinkman, T. Lyson, and J. Parham are thanked for insightful discussions. J. Sterli, D. Brinkman, and an anonymous reviewer provided valuable comments that helped improve the quality of the manuscript. J. Sterli is particularly thanked for her assistance in using TNT. This research was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) grant JO 928/2-1 to W.G.J. The participation of I.D. in this study was supported by DFG grant MA 1643/14-1 and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project 11-04-91331-NNIO). M.R. was also supported by the MTA Lendulet Program Project No. 95104. AB - A complete description of the xinjiangchelyid turtles Annemys levensis and A. latiens is provided, based on all available material from the Upper Jurassic type locality of Shar Teg, Mongolia. Annemys latiens was previously known almost exclusively from shell material, but an undescribed skull from Shar Teg is referable to this species and its distinct morphology confirms the presence of two taxa at this locality. Annemys latiens has an elongated skull that markedly differs in proportions from those of A. levensis and resembles the shape of some recent, piscivorous turtles. The overall similarity of the shells of the two Annemys species combined with significant differences in the skull indicate that these turtles probably partitioned the aquatic niche by exploring different feeding strategies. Among xinjiangchelyids, at least three different skull morphotypes can be differentiated, which implies a moderate level of ecological diversification among Late Jurassic Asian turtles. Phylogenetic analysis weakly supports the inclusion of Annemys spp. into Xinjiangchelyidae and places xinjiangchelyids at the stem of Testudines, but the latter result is considered tentative. Phylogenetic definitions of Xinjiangchelyidae, Sinemydidae, and Macrobaenidae are provided for nomenclatural clarity and precision. SUPPLEMENTAL DATASupplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - TONG, HAIYAN AU - NAKSRI, WILAILUCK AU - BUFFETAUT, ERIC AU - SUTEETHORN, VARAVUDH AU - SUTEETHORN, SURAVECH AU - DEESRI, UTHUMPORN TI - A new primitive eucryptodiran turtle from the Upper Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation of the Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand JF - GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE J2 - GEOL MAG PY - 2014 SN - 0016-7568 DO - 10.1017/S0016756814000223 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/24086812 ID - 24086812 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Mahasarakham University; Centre National de la Recherch Scientifique, Paris Funding text: The excavations and research at the Phu Noi locality are supported by Mahasarakham University fiscal year 2014 grant. E. Buffetaut's visits to Thailand have been supported by grants from the Centre National de la Recherch Scientifique, Paris. We thank all colleagues who took part the field work at Phu Noi and two anonymous reviewers for improving the manuscript. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Wings, Oliver AU - Tütken, Thomas AU - Fowler, Denver W AU - Martin, Thomas AU - Pfretzschner, Hans-Ulrich AU - Sun, Ge TI - Dinosaur teeth from the Jurassic Qigu and Shishugou Formations of the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang/China) and their paleoecologic implications JF - PALAEONTOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT J2 - PALAEONTOL Z PY - 2014 SP - 1 EP - 18 PG - 18 SN - 0031-0220 DO - 10.1007/s12542-014-0227-3 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/24086842 ID - 24086842 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [MA 1643/11, PF 219/21]; Natural Science Foundation of China-NSFC [30111130458, 30111330457]; Sino-German Science Center [GZ295]; DFG [TU 148/1-1]; Emmy Noether-Program [TU 148/2-1]; Sands family; Damaris Waggoner, the Horner Fund; MSU Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience; Museum of the Rockies Funding text: For collaboration and field assistance, we are deeply indebted to personnel from the Geological Survey No. 1 of Xinjiang in Urumqi and the Jilin University in Changchun. We would like to thank Li Jie, Gong Fanhao, Wu Wenhao, Nils Knotschke, Ruth Lobbe, and Sebastian Egberts for their help during excavation and preparation. Michael W. Maisch is acknowledged for providing access to two specimens found during earlier field expeditions of the Sino-German Project. For technical support with SEM, we are indebted to Hartmut Schulz. We thank the reviewers Paul Barrett, Henry Fricke, and John Whitlock as well as the editor Oliver Rauhut for their comments and suggestions, which considerably improved the manuscript. The project was funded by technical grants MA 1643/11 and PF 219/21 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), by the Natural Science Foundation of China-NSFC No. 30111130458 and 30111330457 (2011), and Sino-German Science Center GZ295 (2005-2008). TT acknowledges funding by the DFG grant TU 148/1-1 and the Emmy Noether-Program, grant TU 148/2-1 and the isotope measurements by Bernd Steinhilber, University of Tubingen. Doctoral funding and support for DF was provided by the Sands family, Damaris Waggoner, the Horner Fund, the MSU Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Jack Horner, and the Museum of the Rockies. This is contribution number 159 of the DFG Research Unit 533 "Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs". LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Rabi, Márton AU - Zhou, C-F AU - Wings, O AU - Ge, S AU - Joyce, WG TI - A new xinjiangchelyid turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China and the evolution of the basipterygoid process in Mesozoic turtles JF - BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY J2 - BMC EVOL BIOL VL - 13 PY - 2013 IS - 1 PG - 29 SN - 1471-2148 DO - 10.1186/1471-2148-13-203 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/2465392 ID - 2465392 N1 - N1 Funding Details: DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft AB - Background: Most turtles from the Middle and Late Jurassic of Asia are referred to the newly defined clade Xinjiangchelyidae, a group of mostly shell-based, generalized, small to mid-sized aquatic froms that are widely considered to represent the stem lineage of Cryptodira. Xinjiangchelyids provide us with great insights into the plesiomorphic anatomy of crown-cryptodires, the most diverse group of living turtles, and they are particularly relevant for understanding the origin and early divergence of the primary clades of extant turtles. Results: Exceptionally complete new xinjiangchelyid material from the ?Qigu Formation of the Turpan Basin (Xinjiang Autonomous Province, China) provides new insights into the anatomy of this group and is assigned to Xinjiangchelys wusu n. sp. A phylogenetic analysis places Xinjiangchelys wusu n. sp. in a monophyletic polytomy with other xinjiangchelyids, including Xinjiangchelys junggarensis, X. radiplicatoides, X. levensis and X. latiens. However, the analysis supports the unorthodox, though tentative placement of xinjiangchelyids and sinemydids outside of crown-group Testudines. A particularly interesting new observation is that the skull of this xinjiangchelyid retains such primitive features as a reduced interpterygoid vacuity and basipterygoid processes. Conclusions: The homology of basipterygoid processes is confidently demonstrated based on a comprehensive review of the basicranial anatomy of Mesozoic turtles and a new nomenclatural system is introduced for the carotid canal system of turtles. The loss of the basipterygoid process and the bony enclosure of the carotid circulation system occurred a number of times independently during turtle evolution suggesting that the reinforcement of the basicranial region was essential for developing a rigid skull, thus paralleling the evolution of other amniote groups with massive skulls. © 2013 Rabi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. LA - English DB - MTMT ER -