Turtles from the late Eocene - Early Oligocene of the Krabi Basin (Thailand)

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-316

  Claude, Julien ^a   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^b   Tong, Haiyan ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Research and Museum Division   (Thailand)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Eocene; Geoemydidae; Indochina; Thailand; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EVOLUTION; NEW SPECIES; TURTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KRABI; KRABI BASIN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

GEOEMYDIDAE; HARDELLA; MAUREMYS; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINOIDEA;

EID: 34548723452     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.178.4.305     Document Type: Article

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