The type series of 'Sinemys' wuerhoensis, a problematic turtle from the lower cretaceous of China, includes at least three taxa

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 431-444

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

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cretaceous; Cryptodira; Fossil; Testudines; Tugulu Group; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; JURASSIC; SHELL; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CRYPTODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33947156427     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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