A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 623-630

  Tong, Haiyan ^a   Hirayama, Ren ^b  

^a Waseda University ^*  (France)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argillochelys; Cheloniidae; Cryptodira; Lower Tertiary; Morocco; Testudines

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TERTIARY; TURTLE;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; ORIENTAL; OULED ABDOUN BASIN;

CHELONIIDAE; CRYPTODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 57949085127     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.6.623     Document Type: Article

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