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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 18, 2014

Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) reassure others in distress

Joshua M. Plotnik, Frans B.M. de Waal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.278 PubMed 24688856

February 13, 2014

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

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 4, 2014

When is an ecological network complex? Connectance drives degree distribution and emerging network properties

Timothée Poisot, Dominique Gravel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.251 PubMed 24688835

February 20, 2014

Evidence for protection of targeted reef fish on the largest marine reserve in the Caribbean

Fabián Pina-Amargós, Gaspar González-Sansón, Félix Martín-Blanco, Abel Valdivia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.274 PubMed 24688853

February 11, 2014

Comparison of lodgepole and jack pine resin chemistry: implications for range expansion by the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Erin L. Clark, Caitlin Pitt, Allan L. Carroll, B. Staffan Lindgren, Dezene P.W. Huber