A plywood structure in the shell of fossil and living soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) and its evolutionary implications

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-144

  Scheyer, Torsten M ^a   Martin Sander, P ^a   Joyce, Walter G ^b   Böhme, Wolfgang ^c   Witzel, Ulrich ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body armour; Bone histology; Evolutionary success; Plywood like structure; Trionychid turtles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BONE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL; TURTLE;

CRYPTODIRA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447097887     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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