Osteological Morphometrics of Australian Chelonioid Turtles

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1012-1027

  Myers, Troy ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Chelonioids; Marine turtles; Morphometrics; Protostegids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSILS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL; TURTLES;

CHELONIIDAE; CHELONIOIDEA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS; PROTOSTEGIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 36849067064     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1012     Document Type: Article

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