A primitive protostegid from Australia and early sea turtle evolution

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-119

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b   Lee, Michael S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Early Cretaceous; Protostegidae; Sea turtles; Stem chelonioids

Indexed keywords

TURTLE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHELONIIDAE; CHELONIOIDEA; PROTOSTEGIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33644902054     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0406     Document Type: Article

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