March 2014

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The long lost holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni

Holotype of the turtle Plesiochelys etalloni

February 6, 2014

The long lost holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni

In a story worthy of a detective novel, the original holotype of one the first described plesiochelyid turtles was rediscovered by Anquentin et al. The holotype had been thought lost for more than 150 years, but the history of ownership is now determined (including a sale by one owner to finance the restoration of his church). In this paper, the authors re-describe the specimen & revise its taxonomic status -

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February 18, 2014
Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) reassure others in distress
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.278 PubMed 24688856
February 4, 2014
When is an ecological network complex? Connectance drives degree distribution and emerging network properties
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.251 PubMed 24688835
February 11, 2014
Comparison of lodgepole and jack pine resin chemistry: implications for range expansion by the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.240 PubMed 24688833
February 20, 2014
Evidence for protection of targeted reef fish on the largest marine reserve in the Caribbean
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.274 PubMed 24688853
February 13, 2014
Hawksbill × loggerhead sea turtle hybrids at Bahia, Brazil: where do their offspring go?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.255 PubMed 24688839
February 25, 2014
Invasion success of a scarab beetle within its native range: host range expansion versus host-shift
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.262 PubMed 24795845
February 6, 2014
Alkalinity to calcium flux ratios for corals and coral reef communities: variances between isolated and community conditions
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.249 PubMed 24688834
February 27, 2014
A global meta-analytic contrast of cushion-plant effects on plants and on arthropods
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.265 PubMed 24688848
The long lost holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni

Holotype of the turtle Plesiochelys etalloni

February 6, 2014

The long lost holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni

In a story worthy of a detective novel, the original holotype of one the first described plesiochelyid turtles was rediscovered by Anquentin et al. The holotype had been thought lost for more than 150 years, but the history of ownership is now determined (including a sale by one owner to finance the restoration of his church). In this paper, the authors re-describe the specimen & revise its taxonomic status -

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