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The ecomorphology of the shell of extant turtles and its applications for fossil turtles.
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- Shell Constraints on Evolutionary Body Size-Limb Size Allometry Can Explain Morphological Conservatism in the Turtle Body Plan.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Shell biomechanics suggests an aquatic palaeoecology at the dawn of turtle evolution.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Natural external plastron mold of the Triassic turtle Proterochersis: An unusual mode of preservation.PloS one · 2024Article
- Cranial ecomorphology of turtles and neck retraction as a possible trigger of ecological diversification.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2022Article
- A new model of forelimb ecomorphology for predicting the ancient habitats of fossil turtles.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
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Abstract
Turtles are a successful clade of reptiles that originated in the Late Triassic. The group adapted during its evolution to different types of environments, ranging from dry land to ponds, rivers, and the open ocean, and survived all Mesozoic and Cenozoic extinction events. The body of turtles is characterized by a shell, which has been hypothesized to have several biological roles, like protection, thermal and pH regulation, but also to be adapted in its shape to the ecology of the animal. However, only few studies have investigated the relationships between shell shape and ecology in a global context or clarified if shape can be used to diagnose habitat preferences in fossil representatives. Here, we assembled a three-dimensional dataset of 69 extant turtles and three fossils, in particular, the Late Triassic
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