Autopodial skeleton evolution in side-necked turtles (Pleurodira)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-209

  Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a   Winkler, Jasmin D ^b   Wurst, Linda ^c  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astragalus; Chelidae; Manus; Pelomedusoides; Pes; Phylogeny; Podocnemididae; Testudines

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; TURTLE;

ACANTHOCHELYS PALLIDIPECTORIS; CHELIDAE; CHELUS FIMBRIATUS; PELOMEDUSA SUBRUFA; PELOMEDUSOIDES; PELUSIOS; PLEURODIRA; PODOCNEMIDIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34250365391     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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