The cranial circulation and innervation systems of turtles have been studied for more than
two centuries and extensively used to understand turtle systematics. Although a significant …

Turtles are relatively species-poor, but anatomically very distinct from other reptiles, which
yields longstanding debates about their origin among amniotes. On the other hand, an …

Chelonioid turtles are the only surviving group of reptiles that secondarily evolved marine
lifestyles during the Mesozoic Early chelonioid evolution is documented by fossils of their …

In recent years, paleoneurology became a very popular research field and hundreds of brain-
endocasts were described. The interpretation of a dorsal protuberance of the brain-endocast …

In the past few years, new fossil finds and novel methodological approaches have prompted
intensive discussions about the phylogenetic affinities of turtles and rekindled the debate on …

The osteology, neuroanatomy, and musculature are known for most primary clades of turtles
(ie,“families”), but knowledge is still lacking for one particular clade, the Carettochelyidae …

Pleurodires are less diverse than cryptodires, together forming the two major lineages of
crown turtles. Their fossil record, however, is rich. A particularly large number of fossil …

The genus Testudo was considered, for more than two centuries, to group almost all
tortoises that are part of current biodiversity (ie the members of Testudinidae), as well as the …

Galianemys is one of the three genera of Cearachelyini (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) so far
defined, being the only one identified in Africa (in the Cenomanian of Morocco). It is …

Pleurodira represent one of the two clades that compose the crown Testudines, and their
temporal range is Late Jurassic–present. However, knowledge about the neuroanatomy of …