A redescription of 'Plesiochelys' tatsuensis from the Late Jurassic of China, with comments on the antiquity of the crown clade Cryptodira

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 573-580

  Danilov, Igor G ^a   Parham, James F ^b,c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; JURASSIC; PHYLOGENETICS; TRIASSIC; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CRYPTODIRA; PLESIOCHELYS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33749440711     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[573:AROPTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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