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First report of Plesiochelys etalloni and Tropidemys langii from the Late Jurassic of the UK and the palaeobiogeography of plesiochelyid turtles by Anquetin, Jérémy, Chapman, Sandra D.

“…Plesiochelyidae is a clade of relatively large coastal marine turtles that inhabited the shallow epicontinental seas that covered western Europe during the…”
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A new species of extinct Late Quaternary giant tortoise from Hispaniola by Turvey, Samuel T, Almonte, Juan, Hansford, James, Scofield, R Paul, Brocca, Jorge L, Chapman, Sandra D

“…Insular giant tortoise diversity has been depleted by Late Quaternary extinctions, but the taxonomic status of many extinct populations remains poorly…”
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The skeletal morphology of the solemydid turtle Naomichelys speciosa from the Early Cretaceous of Texas by Joyce, Walter G, Sterli, Juliana, Chapman, Sandra D

“…The fossil record of solemydid turtles is primarily based on isolated fragments collected from Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous sediments throughout North…”
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Ancient DNA elucidates the lost world of western Indian Ocean giant tortoises and reveals a new extinct species from Madagascar by Kehlmaier, Christian, Graciá, Eva, Ali, Jason R, Campbell, Patrick D, Chapman, Sandra D, Deepak, V, Ihlow, Flora, Jalil, Nour-Eddine, Pierre-Huyet, Laure, Samonds, Karen E, Vences, Miguel, Fritz, Uwe

“…Before humans arrived, giant tortoises occurred on many western Indian Ocean islands. We combined ancient DNA, phylogenetic, ancestral range, and molecular…”
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SANDOWNIA HARRISI, A HIGHLY DERIVED TRIONYCHOID TURTLE (TESTUDINES: CRYPTODIRA) FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND by MEYLAN, PETER A, MOODY, RICHARD T. J, WALKER, CYRIL A, CHAPMAN, SANDRA D

“…Acid preparation, at the Natural History Museum, London, of a turtle skull and jaw presented to the Museum of Geology, Sandown, Isle of Wight, England, by R…”
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Identification of Podocnemididae (Pleurodira) in the British record by the first specimen of the coastal Eocenochelus recognized outside Continental Europe by Pérez-García, Adán, Chapman, Sandra D.

“…A turtle shell from the lower Eocene of the Bracklesham Bay (Sussex, England), preserving the partial carapace and the almost complete plastron, is studied…”
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The earliest fossil record of a medium-sized penguin by Jadwiszczak, Piotr, Chapman, Sandra

“…The fossil record of Antarctic Sphenisciformes dates as early as the late Palaeocene Cross Valley Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. However, the…”
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Sandownia harrisi, a highly derived trionychoid turtle (Testudines: Cryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, England by Meylan, Peter A., Moody, Richard T. J., Walker, Cyril A., Chapman, Sandra D.

“…Acid preparation, at the Natural History Museum, London, of a turtle skull and jaw presented to the Museum of Geology, Sandown, Isle of Wight, England, by R…”
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