A new species of Psammobates (Reptilia: Testudinidae) from the early Pleistocene of South Africa

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 34, Issue , 1997, Pages 111-114

  Broadley, Donald G ^a,b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Biodiversity Foundation for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Drimolen; Pleistocene; Psammobates; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HOMOPUS FEMORALIS; PSAMMOBATES; PSAMMOBATES OCULIFERUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

CAVE DEPOSIT; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031545286     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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