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The last of the large-sized tortoises of the Mediterranean islands

2022

Altres ajuts: CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya Altres ajuts: Operational Programme Research, Development and Education Project (CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_027/0008360) 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 funerary area dating to the Copper/Bronze Age. The tortoise has been AMS-dated revealing an age of 12.5 ± 0.5 kyr BP and therefore it pre-dates the funerary activities. The morphology of the retrieved skeletal elements differs from that of the only native tortoise currently living in Sicily, Testudo hermanni. The tortoise's size significantly exc…

Evolutioninsular faunasancient DNA insular faunas Italy latest Late Pleistocene parsimony Sicily Testudinidae10125 Paleontological Institute and MuseumSettore BIO/08 - AntropologiaparsimonyBehavior and SystematicsAnimaliaInsular faunasChordataancient DNASicilyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsTaxonomyEcologyAncient DNAlatest Late PleistoceneBiodiversitySettore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E PaleoecologiaTestudinidae560 Fossils & prehistoric lifeItalyTestudinesAnimal Science and ZoologyParsimonyLatest Late Pleistocene
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New data on the evolution of Mikrotia (Muridae, Rodentia) in the Late Miocene of Gargano (Apulia, Italy).

2014

Gargano Insular Faunas Mikrotia EvolutionSettore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E Paleoecologia
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