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February 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 13, 2014

Hawksbill × loggerhead sea turtle hybrids at Bahia, Brazil: where do their offspring go?

11 citations

672 downloads

3,958 views

Maira C. Proietti, Julia Reisser, Luis F. Marins, Maria A. Marcovaldi, Luciano S. Soares, Danielle S. Monteiro, Sarath Wijeratne, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Eduardo R. Secchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.255 PubMed 24688839

February 6, 2014

Regulation of antimycin biosynthesis by the orphan ECF RNA polymerase sigma factor σ^AntA

21 citations

626 downloads

2,818 views

Ryan F. Seipke, Elaine Patrick, Matthew I. Hutchings

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.253 PubMed 24688837

February 27, 2014

Biblio-MetReS for user-friendly mining of genes and biological processes in scientific documents

4 citations

415 downloads