This article deals with the fossil tortoises of one of the
most iconic fossil localities of the Neogene of the Old World, the upper
Miocene locality of Pikermi, near Athens, Greece. We describe the type,
previously published, and new material of the fossil tortoises from Pikermi,
along with new material from the coeval Azmaka 6 locality in Bulgaria.
This
combined information results in the complete revision of the ‘marble
tortoise’ Testudo marmorum, which is the first turtle species ever named
from Greece. Besides the challenges and difficulties of working with material
from the old collections of Pikermi, we present a complete revision of this
species and identify its presence outside its type locality in the South Balkan
Peninsula.Διαβάστε τη συνέχεια του άρθρου εδώ
