New material of Chelus Colombiana (Testudines; Pleurodira) from the Lower Miocene of Colombia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1206-1212

  Cadena, Edwin ^a,c   Jaramillo, Carlos ^a   Paramo, Maria E ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b SERVICIO GEOLÓGICO COLOMBIANO   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHELUS; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 58249139291     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1206     Document Type: Article

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