Bone histology of the Middle Jurassic turtle shell remains from Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, England

Lethaia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-96

  Scheyer, Torsten M ^a,b   Anquetin, Jérémy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Kirtlington; Middle Jurassic; Paracryptodira; Pleurosternidae; Turtles

Indexed keywords

BATHONIAN; BONE; HISTOLOGY; JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; SHELL; SKELETAL REMAINS; STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CRYPTODIRA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 39049113960     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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