A basal eucryptodiran turtle "Sinemys" efremovi (= Wuguia efremovi) from the Early Cretaceous of China

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-110

  Danilov, Igor G ^a   Sukhanov, Vladimir B ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

China; Cretaceous; Eucryptodira; Junggar Basin; Macrobaenidae; Sinemys; Testudines; Tugulu Group; Wuguia

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; TURTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

DRACOCHELYS WIMANI; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33144464471     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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