Les Tortues Du Pliocène d'Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc) et De Localités Mio-Pliocènes Avoisinantes

Gmira, Saloua; Geraads, Denis; Lefèvre, David; Mohib, Abderrahim; Raynal, Jean‐Paul

doi:10.5252/g2013n3a9

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“…Looking beyond Greece, the material described above can be compared with the recently named species Testudo oughlamensis from the Upper Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco (Gmira et al, 2013). The Pylea and Allatini specimens are certainly distinct from the Moroccan tortoise in having narrower vertebral scutes, and differences also exist in the neural series.…”

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The chelonians from the Latest Miocene–Earliest Pliocene localities of Allatini and Pylea (East Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece)

Vlachos

Kotsakis

Delfino

2015

Comptes Rendus Palevol

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a b s t r a c tDuring recent years, our knowledge of fossil turtles from northern Greece has improved, as a result of both the discovery and description of new specimens and the revision of previously published material. The sites of Allatini and Pylea are among the classic Latest Miocene-Earliest Pliocene localities of northern Greece and have produced notable chelonian material. The purpose of this paper is to revise the previously published specimens from these sites and describe a new specimen of a turtle from Allatini. Taken together, these specimens constitute a diverse Macedonian chelonian assemblage, comprising a small tortoise, a large tortoise and a turtle. Our results augment previous knowledge of the composition of the Greek paleochelonofaunas in three main respects: first, they show that Testudo amiatae was not present in the Greek fossil record; second, they bring to light the earliest mention of a giant tortoise in Greece; finally, they provide the most ancient confirmed record of a fossil geoemydid in Greece.

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The chelonians from the Latest Miocene–Earliest Pliocene localities of Allatini and Pylea (East Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece)

Vlachos

Kotsakis

Delfino

2015

Comptes Rendus Palevol

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“…In Western Europe, Testudo graeca has been proposed as introduced by humans in Holocene times (Moralez-Pérez et al, 2009). In North Africa, the oldest reliable record of a hinged Testudo is from Ahl Al Oughlam (Morocco, Pliocene, see Gmira et al, 2013) and possibly from Ichkeul (Tunisia, Pliocene), probably originated from the Palaearctic (Lapparent de Broin, 2000). Future research should focus on the detailed description of the hinged specimens from the area between Caucasus, South Balkans and Turkey, to provide new information on the probably oldest records of Testudo sensu stricto.…”

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“…without the hypo-xiphiplastral hinge) is yet to be confirmed in Greece. Recently, Gmira et al (2013) described Testudo oughlamensis Gmira, Lapparent de Broin, Geraads, LeFèvre, Mohib, Raynal, 2013, a new species of Testudo s.s. from the Pliocene of Ahl al Ouglam (Morocco). The Platania specimen differs from the Moroccan taxon on the much weaker nuchal notch, the absence of pointed anterior peripherals, the shorter epiplastral lip, and the shorter pectorals laterally.…”

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Testudo cf. graeca from the new Late Miocene locality of Platania (Drama basin, N. Greece) and a reappraisal of previously published specimens

Vlachos

Tsoukala

2017

geosociety

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In this paper we describe a new Neogene mammalian site and one of the latest discoveries of a fossil tortoise in Greece, from Platania locality, in Drama basin, Northern Greece. The preliminary study of the numerous fossil mammal remains shows that the recovered fauna is of Late Miocene age. The tortoise material consists of a partial shell and a limb bone that belong to the same individual. ΠερίληψηΣτην παρούσα εργασία περιγράφουμε μια νέα απολιθωματοφόρο θέση του Νε-ογενούς με μεγάλα θηλαστικά και μια από τις πιο πρόσφατες ανακαλύψεις απο-λιθωμένων χελωνών από τη θέση Πλατανιά, στη λεκάνη της Δράμας, στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα. Η προκαταρκτική μελέτη των απολιθωμένων θηλαστικών της παλαιο-πανίδας, αποκαλύπτει ότι είναι ηλικίας Άνω Μειοκαίνου. Το υλικό των χελωνών αποτελείται από ένα μεγάλο τμήμα του χελώνιου και το άνω άκρο από το βρα-χίονα, τα οποία ανήκουν στο ίδιο άτομο. Τα δείγματα αυτά προσδιορίστηκαν ως Testudo cf. graeca, όπως αποδεικνύεται από την παρουσία του κινητού αρμού ανάμεσα στα υπο-ξιφίπλαστρα. Το νέο υλικό της Πλατανιάς δίνει στοιχεία για την επέκταση προς τα πίσω στο χρόνο της παρουσίας της T. graeca στο Άνω Μειό-καινο. Τέλος, γίνεται σύγκριση με το γνωστό υλικό Testudo της Ελλάδας, και ειδι-κότερα αναθεώρηση του δημοσιευμένου ελληνικού υλικού της T. graeca. Λέξεις κλειδιά: Testudo s.s., χελώνα, Νεογενές.ΤΟ ΕΙΔΟΣ TESTUDO CF. GRAECA ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΝΕΑ ΑΝΩ ΜΕΙΟΚΑΙΝΙΚΗ ΘΕΣΗ ΠΛΑΤΑΝΙΑ (ΛΕΚΑΝΗ ΔΡΑΜΑΣ, Β. ΕΛΛΑ-ΔΑ) ΚΑΙ ΜΙΑ ΕΠΑΝΕΚΤΙΜΗΣΗ ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΑ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΕΝΩΝ ΑΤΟΜΩΝ. Βλάχος Ε., Τσουκαλά Ε.

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“…The taxon occurred in the geographic region now occupied by T. g. armeniaca (including its junior synonym, T. g. pallasi), as determined genetically Mashkaryan et al 2013;Mikulíček et al 2013), and may be ancestral to that or one of the other subspecies in the general Caucasus region, T. g. ibera or T. g. buxtoni. (Gmira 1993;Gmira et al 2013). † Bergounioux 1958:208 [Middle Pleistocene, Catalonia, Spain] Comment: Previously occasionally synonymized under either extant T. graeca or T. hermanni, the taxonomic distinction of this species from Cova de Gràcia was validated by Lapparent de Broin et al (2006b,c) and Delfino et al (2012), who both determined that it is most closely related to extant T. hermanni.…”

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Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians.

Rhodin¹,

Thomson²,

Georgalis³

et al. 2015

Chelonian Research Monographs

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ABsTrAcT. -We provide a first checklist and review of all recognized taxa of the world's extinct Pleistocene and Holocene (Quaternary) turtles and tortoises that existed during the early rise and global expansion of humanity, and most likely went extinct through a combination of earlier hominin (e.g., Homo erectus, H. neanderthalensis) and later human (H. sapiens) exploitation, as well as being affected by concurrent global or regional climatic and habitat changes. This checklist complements the broader listing of all modern and extant turtles and tortoises by the Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2014). We provide a comprehensive listing of taxonomy, names, synonymies, and stratigraphic distribution of all chelonian taxa that have gone extinct from approximately the boundary between the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene, ca. 2.6 million years ago, up through 1500 AD, at the beginning of modern times. We also provide details on modern turtle and tortoise taxa that have gone extinct since 1500 AD. This checklist currently includes 100 fossil turtle and tortoise taxa, including 84 named and apparently distinct species, and 16 additional taxa that appear to represent additional valid species, but are only identified to genus or family. Modern extinct turtles and tortoises include 8 species, 3 subspecies, and 1 unnamed taxon, for 12 taxa. Of the extinct fossil taxa, terrestrial tortoises of the family Testudinidae (including many large-bodied island forms) are the most numerous, with 60 taxa. When the numbers for fossil tortoises are combined with the 61 modern (living and extinct) species of tortoises, of the 121 tortoise species that have existed at some point since the beginning of the Pleistocene, 69 (57.0%) have gone extinct. This likely reflects the high vulnerability of these large and slow terrestrial (often insular) species primarily to human exploitation. The other large-bodied terrestrial turtles, the 000e.2 Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises • Chelonian Research Monographs, No. 5As an addition to the annual checklist of extant modern turtle taxa (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [TTWG] 2014), we here present an annotated checklist of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene turtle and tortoise species that existed in relatively recent times, prior to 1500 AD, during the history of the rise and global spread of humanity and concurrent global climatic and habitat changes. These species, recorded from archaeological and paleontological sites from the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs (Quaternary period), approximately the last 2.6 million years, are currently considered to be valid, and not synonymous with modern (post-1500 AD) taxa.These fossil species, including some unnamed taxa of indeterminate or undescribed generic or specific allocation, represent the majority of the chelonian diversity that has gone extinct relatively recently. Many of these taxa were likely extirpated by anthropogenic exploitation over the relatively long prehistory of earlier hominin (e.g., Homo erectus, H. neanderthalensi...

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Les Tortues Du Pliocène d'Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc) et De Localités Mio-Pliocènes Avoisinantes

Abstract: Le gisement pliocène supérieur d'Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc) a livré une faune de tortues cryptodires Testudinoidea, toutes affines de formes

Cited by 25 publications

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The chelonians from the Latest Miocene–Earliest Pliocene localities of Allatini and Pylea (East Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece)

The chelonians from the Latest Miocene–Earliest Pliocene localities of Allatini and Pylea (East Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece)

Testudo cf. graeca from the new Late Miocene locality of Platania (Drama basin, N. Greece) and a reappraisal of previously published specimens

Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians.

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