Skeletal morphology and relationships of the early cretaceous side-necked turtle, araripemys barretoi (testudines: Pelomedusoides: Araripemydidae), from the santana formation of Brazil

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-33

  Meylan, Peter A ^a,b  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0030306116     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011280     Document Type: Article

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