Porrentruy

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Porrentruy

(pôräNtrüē`), Ger. Pruntrut, town, Jura canton, NW Switzerland, in the Jura Mts. It is an old watchmaking center; knitted goods and shoes are also made. It was the residence (1528–1792) of the prince-bishops of Basel.
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Institutional abbreviations: CRE, specimens from Creugenat (Porrentruy), which belong to the Office de la Culture, Republique et Canton du Jura, Porrentruy, Switzerland; NHMUK, Natural History Museum, London, UK; NMS, Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland; SHN.LPP, Laboratorio de Paleontologia e Paleoecologia da Sociedade de Historia Natural, Torres Vedras, Portugal; VTT, specimens from Va Tche Tcha (Porrentruy), which belong to the Office de la Culture, Republique et Canton du Jura, Porrentruy, Switzerland.
Revision of the British record of Tropidemys (Testudines, Plesiochelyidae) and recognition of its presence in the Late Jurassic of Portugal
It is also the second for his FDJ team after Thibaut Pinot won stage eighth in Porrentruy, Switzerland.
Fedrigo wins stage 15, Wiggins still in yellow

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