Enzo Cordelier

Validation of a new morphological diagnostic criterion in Mauritian giant tortoises of the genus Cylindraspis ( Cryptodira, Testudinidae ) thanks to paleoproteomics

A collection of Cylindraspis Fitzinger, 1835, subfossils from Mare aux Songes (Mauritius, 4,200 years BP) has recently been described. At the end of this preliminary description, only some of the 216 tortoise bones could be identified using anatomical criteria and the question of...