Zangerlia ukhaachelys, new species, a Nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3481, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Joyce, Walter G ^a   Norell, Mark A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33746217193     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)481[0001:ZUNSAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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