Reassessment of Cratochelone berneyi Longman, 1915, a giant sea turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Australia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 779-783

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33749451594     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[779:ROCBLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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