The first in situ turtle clutch from the Cretaceous Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 319-325

  Jackson, Frankie D ^a   Jin, Xingsheng ^b   Varricchio, David J ^a   Azuma, Yoichi ^c   Jiang, Yangen ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

^c Katsuyama   (Japan)

^d Power Engineering Administration of Tongbai   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; CRETACEOUS; EGG PRODUCTION; EGGSHELL; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; TAPHONOMY; TURTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANTAI BASIN; ZHEJIANG;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 47249111281     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[319:TFISTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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