A new species of Zangerlia (Testudines: Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Upper Cretaceous redbeds at Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, and the relationships of the genus

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 526-540

  Brinkman, Donald ^a   Peng, Jiang Hua ^b  

^a ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; REPTILE; TESTUDINES; ZANGERLIA;

CHINA, INNER MONGOLIA, BAYAN MANDAHU;

EID: 0029750685     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-041     Document Type: Article

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