A thin-shelled reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the origin of the turtle shell

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1656, 2009, Pages 507-513

  Joyce, Walter G ^a   Lucas, Spencer G ^b   Scheyer, Torsten M ^c   Heckert, Andrew B ^d   Hunt, Adrian P ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^d APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinlechelys tenertesta; New Mexico; Origin of the turtle shell; Testudinata; Triassic

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; HABITAT SELECTION; MORPHOLOGY; NORIAN; SHELL; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY; TRIASSIC; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHINLECHELYS TENERTESTA; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; NORIAN; NORTH AMERICA; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; RIB; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TRIASSIC; TURTLE; VERTEBRA;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 58149127999     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1196     Document Type: Article

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