Affiliation:
1. Grupo de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, UNED, Avda. Esparta s/n, Las Rozas, 28232 Madrid, Spain
Abstract
Pleurodira represent one of the two clades that compose the crown Testudines, and their temporal range is Late Jurassic–present. However, knowledge about the neuroanatomy of extinct pleurodires is still very limited. In this context, scarce neuroanatomical information about the Cretaceous clade Euraxemydidae is currently available, limited to some characters of the Moroccan Cenomanian Dirqadim schaefferi. In the present work, we perform the detailed neuroanatomical study of its sister taxon, the Brazilian Albian Euraxemys essweini, based on the analysis of the skull of its holotype and only known individual of the species. The detailed virtual three-dimensional reconstruction of all its cranial bones is performed, also improving the information about its osseous anatomy. The different neuroanatomical cavities (i.e., cranial, nasal, and labyrinthic ones) and canals (i.e., nervous and circulatory ones) are compared with those identified thus far for other extinct and extant members of the Pleurodira in order to characterize the neuroanatomy of the extinct clade Euraxemydidae in detail.
Funder
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Subject
Nature and Landscape Conservation,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Ecological Modeling,Ecology
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