Miocene Chelonians from southern Namibia

Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia

Volumn , Issue 19, 2003, Pages 67-102

  de Lapparent de Broin, France ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NICHE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; ORANGE RIVER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EPIPLASTRON; ERYMNOCHELYS; HOMOPUS; PELOMEDUSA; PELOMEDUSOIDES; PSAMMOBATES; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO;

EID: 3042736645     PISSN: 10184325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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