Testudinidae (tortoises) is an extant clade of terrestrial turtles of worldwide distribution and
with a rich fossil record that provides an exceptional context for studying their evolutionary …

We review in detail the published fossil record of turtles from Sardinia and, in addition, we
document previously undescribed specimens for the first time. Among these undescribed …

Very few remains of elapid snakes are known from the Iberian Peninsula, but these include
a probable endemic extinct species of cobra, Naja iberica from the Late Miocene. We here …

Fossil testudinids are known in Europe since the Eocene, with several taxa of medium size
(from more than 0.3 m to less than 0.7 m) recognized in the Palaeogene record, most of …

Els Casots is one of the richest fossil vertebrate sites of the Vallès-Penedès Basin
(Catalonia, Spain). It was discovered in 1989 and excavated briefly during the 1990s …

In this research, calcium hydroxide nanoparticles, as a carbonate consolidation method,
have been evaluated on carbonated fossil bone samples from decontextualized …

Archaeological investigations carried out in the cave Zubbio di Cozzo San Pietro, Bagheria,
Sicily, revealed the presence of a few skeletal elements of a large-sized tortoise in a …

El conocimiento sobre las tortugas gigantes fósiles de Europa se ha incrementado
considerablemente en los últimos años y ha comportado la descripción del género …

We describe new specimens of the Miocene moschid Hispanomeryx, from the early
Vallesian sites of Castell de Barberà (CB) and Ecoparc de Can Mata (ECM), Vallès …

The information about the European giant fossil tortoises has been greatly increased in
recent years, based on the description of new material and the revision of previously …