Testing phylogenetic implications of eggshell characters in side-necked turtles (Testudines: Pleurodira)

Zoology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-136

  Winkler, Jasmin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Egg ultrastructure; Eggshell morphology; Phylogenetic analysis; Pleurodires

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHELIDAE; DINOSAURIA; ELECTRON; ELSEYA; EMYDURA; HYDROMEDUSA; PLEURODIRA; SAUROPSIDA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33646046769     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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