Eurotestudo, a new genus for the species Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789 (Chelonii, Testudinidae)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 803-811

  de Lapparent de Broin, France ^a   Bour, Roger ^a   Parham, James F ^b   Perälä, Jarmo ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Europe; Eurotestudo n.g.; Tertiary Extant; Testudinidae; Testudo s.l.; Turtles

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; BIOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; OLIGOCENE; OSTEOLOGY; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO HERMANNI;

EID: 33748752699     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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