Original article
Morphological definition of Eurotestudo
(Testudinidae, Chelonii): second part
Eurotestudo (Chelonii, Testudinidae) : définition,
approche morphologique. Deuxième partie
France de Lapparent de Broin
a,
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, Roger Bour
b
, Jarmo Perälä
c
a
Département Histoire de la Terre, UMS 203, UMR 5143 du CNRS, Paléobiodiversité,
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 38, 57, rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 5, France
b
Département Systématique et Évolution, UMS 602, Laboratoire des Reptiles et Amphibiens,
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 30, 57, rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 5, France
c
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki,
PO Box 65 (Biocenter 3, Viikinkaari 1), 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Received 15 February 2006; accepted 3 July 2006
Available online 22 November 2006
Abstract
The work represents the second part of the study pertaining to the definition of the genus Eurotestu-
do. The first part (Ann. Pal. 2006, 92 (3)) concentrated on the introduction to the subject and to the re-
porting of the morphological data, on which the definition is based. In this second part, results from the
cladistic analysis are presented. All the results which are based on a morphological study, justifying the
separation of three lineages previously included in Testudo s.l., are examined. External characters derived
from extant forms, and congruent with the definition of the genus and its separation from two other taxa,
Testudo and Agrionemys (which are redefined), are also presented. The text is followed by appendices
listing the examined taxa and materials.
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Annales de Paléontologie 92 (2006) 325–357
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Corresponding author.
E-mail address: fdelap@mnhn.fr (F.d. Lapparent de Broin).
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doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2006.07.003