The cranial anatomy of the Earyl Jurassic turtle Kayentachelys aprix

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 675-694

  Sterli, Juliana ^a   Joyce, Walter G ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial morphology; Cryptodira; Jurassic; Kayenta Formation; Stem turtles; Testudines; Turtle evolution

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRYPTODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 37249068090     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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