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In Italy & its islands Sicily, & Sardinia; & the territory of Malta. There was a critical biogeographic crossroad for testudines during the Late Pleistocene, 126 to 11.7 thousand years ago
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > During the pleistocene, islands in and around Italy combined. It was a period of lower sea levels, and land connections. There were also phases of isolation. And, strong climatic gradients. This conditions made distinct testudines (turtles and tortoises). Including some mainland…
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Integrating fossil evidence, paleoecology, & regional variation. Late pleistocene turtles & tortoises, (testudines), in Crete, the Thermaikos Gulf; & Greece have a research base
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > 126 to 11.7 thousand years ago, Greece formed part of a dynamic Mediterranean landscape shaped by glacial cycles, flutuating sea levels, and biogenographic isolation. Within this setting, testudines were among the most resilient reptilian groups. Who occupied terrestrial, freshwater and occaisonally…
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Largely corresponding to modern Spain & Portugal, the Iberian peninsula was one of Europe’s most important pleistocene refugia. Its habitat included testudines, or turtles & tortoises
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > During the late pleistocene, 126,000–11,700 years ago, relatively mild Mediterranean and Atlantic climates, allowed species to persist while populations elsewhere declined, or vanished under glacial pressure Fossil and archaeological records from caves, river terraces, and coastal plains show that Iberia supported…