New late Cretaceous turtles from the Wester Desert, Egypt

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-214

  De Lapparent De Broin, France ^a   Werner, Christa ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN;

EGYPT;

EID: 0032056070     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3969(98)80005-0     Document Type: Article

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