The Antiquity of African tortoises

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 688-690

  Holroyd, Patricia A ^a   Parham, James Ford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA;

REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242655940     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/1870     Document Type: Article

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