The Youngest European Record of the Chelonian Family Trionychidae (Calabrian, Central Italy) Offers New Clues on the Quaternary Extirpation History of the Softshell Turtles

The Youngest European Record of the Chelonian Family Trionychidae (Calabrian, Central Italy) Offers New Clues on the Quaternary Extirpation History of the Softshell Turtles

We report on the geologically youngest occurrence of the softshell turtle family Trionychidae in Europe, from middle Calabrian (Emilian) strata cropping out at Montalto, Pisa Province (Tuscany, central Italy). This record indicates that the softshell turtles survived well past the glacial pulse at c...

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Main Authors: Alberto Collareta, Simone Casati, Edoardo Terranova, Francesco Nobile, Giulia Bosio, Andrea Di Cencio, Giovanni Coletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-09-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
Early–Middle Pleistocene Transition
Early Pleistocene
Emilian
Fauglia
Late Villafranchian
Montalto
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/14/9/239
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