Past colonization of South America by trionychid turtles: Fossil evidence from the Neogene of Margarita Island, Venezuela

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 378-381

  Head, Jason J ^a,b   Aguilera, Orangel A ^c   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33845335837     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[378:PCOSAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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