First record of a possible chelonioid sea turtle from the Upper Campanian of southern Israel

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-58

  Lewy, Ze'ev ^a   Gaffney, Eugene S ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; TURTLE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17244369432     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/L1C8-KURT-NB6F-0GAJ     Document Type: Article

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