Oldest known sea turtle

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6677, 1998, Pages 705-708

  Hirayama, Ren ^a  

^a TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELONIOID; CRETACEOUS; REPTILE; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTORY; LACRIMAL GLAND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT GLAND; SKELETON; SKULL; TURTLE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032537125     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/33669     Document Type: Article

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