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Ancestors of Asian Forest Tortoises Evolved in Europe, New Fossil Discovery Suggests


Paleontologists from the Institute of Paleobiology at the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have described a new species of the tortoise genus Manouria based on the fossilized remains found in the Czech Republic.

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