Carapace bone histology in the giant pleurodiran turtle Stupendemys geographicus: Phylogeny and function

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-154

  Scheyer, Torsten M ^a,b   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Bothremydidae; Miocene; Pelomedusoides; Pleurodira; Podocnemidae; Stupendemys geographicus; Testudines; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MIOCENE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

BOTHREMYDIDAE; PELOMEDUSA SUBRUFA; PELOMEDUSOIDES; PLEURODIRA; PODOCNEMIS ERYTHROCEPHALA; PROTOSTEGIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34047097854     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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