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The tortoises from the Lower Pleistocene palaeontological site of Quibas (Región de Murcia, Spain)

Adán PÉREZ-GARCÍA, Xabier MURELAGA, Miguel Ángel MANCHEÑO, Ainara ABERASTURI RODRIGUEZ & Gregorio ROMERO

en Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 (6-7) - Pages 589-603

Published on 31 October 2015

 This article is a part of the thematic issue A tribute to France de Lapparent de Broin

Turtle remains from the Lower Pleistocene palaeontological site of Quibas (Sierra de Quibas, Región de Murcia, Spain) are abundant, but they have not been analyzed taxonomically. Here we determine that all diagnostic specimens belong to Hermann's Tortoise (Chersine hermanni or Testudo hermanni) and they represent the oldest Iberian known occurrence of this taxon.


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Lower Pleistocene, Quibas, Testudinidae, Hermann's Tortoise

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PÉREZ-GARCÍA A., MURELAGA X., MANCHEÑO M. Á., ABERASTURI RODRIGUEZ A. & ROMERO G. 2015. — The tortoises from the Lower Pleistocene palaeontological site of Quibas (Región de Murcia, Spain). Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 (6-7): 589-603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2015.01.002