Turtle tracks in the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of South-Central Montana

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Fiorillo, Anthony R ^a  

^a Dallas Museum of Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous, Upper; Fossil turtle; Galapagos tortoise; Judith River Formation; Montana

Indexed keywords

CLEMMYS INSCULPTA; GEOCHELONE NIGRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 27544465942     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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