A new species of Podocnemis (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) from the Neogene of the Solimões formation, Acre, Brazil;Une nouvelle espèce de Podocnemis (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) provenant du Néogène de la formation Solimoes, Acre, Brésil

Geobios

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 677-686

  Carvalho, Patricia ^a   Bocquentin, Jean ^a   de Broin, France de Lapparent ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^b Centre national recherche scientifiq ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Chelonii; Mio pliocene; New species; Podocnemis; Southwestern amazon

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEOGENE; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ACRE STATE; BRAZIL;

PLEURODIRA; PODOCNEMIDIDAE; PODOCNEMIS; PODOCNEMIS BASSLERI; PODOCNEMIS EXPANSA; PODOCNEMIS NEGRII; PODOCNEMIS SEXTUBERCULATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036870207     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00081-5     Document Type: Article

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