A new Middle Jurassic xinjiangchelyid turtle (Testudines; Eucryptodira) from China (Xinjiang, Junggar Basin)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-70

  Matzke, Andreas T ^a   Sun, Ge ^b   Pfretzschner, Hans U ^a   Stöhr, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; TURTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

TESTUDINES; XINJIANGCHELYS CHOWI;

EID: 15944370619     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0063:ANMJXT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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