First Cretaceous dermochelyid turtle from Africa

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 23, Issue SPECIAL NO. 9, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Tong, Haiyan ^a   Hirayama, Ren ^b  

^a Teikyo Heisei University ^*  (France)

^b TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermochelyidae; Maastrichtian; Morocco; Ouled Abdoun; Phosphate basin

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; NEW RECORD; TURTLE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; OULED ABDOUN BASIN; WORLD;

CHELONIIDAE; CHELONIOIDEA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 17644398376     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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