A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 783-798

  Ford, James ^a   Howard, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CLEMMYS; DINOSAURIA; JUDITHEMYS SUKHANOVI; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342290096     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/5     Document Type: Article

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