A new Xinjiangchelyid turtle (Testudines, Eucrytodira) from the Jurassic Qigu Formation of the southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, north-west China

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1267-1299

  Matzke, Andreas T ^a   Maisch, Michael W ^a   Ge, Sun ^b   Pfretzschner, Hans U ^a   Stöhr, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Eucryptodira; Junggar Basin; Phylogeny; Testudines; Upper Jurassic; Xinjiangchelyidae

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGIAN; OXFORDIAN; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

TESTUDINES; XINJIANGCHELYS GIGUENSIS;

EID: 5044230189     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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