The first Jurassic turtle from India

Palaeontology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-109

  Datta, P M ^a   Manna, P ^b   Ghosh, S C ^a   Das, D P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b Rishi Bankim Chandra College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

DECCAN; INDIA;

INDOCHELYIDAE; INDOCHELYS; INDOCHELYS SPATULATA; KAYENTACHELYIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034161991     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00120     Document Type: Article

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