A new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland: New insights into the evolution and palaeoecology of basal turtles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1658, 2012, Pages 879-886

  Anquetin, Jérémy ^a,b   Barrett, Paul M ^a   Jones, Marc E H ^b   Moore Fay, Scott ^a   Evans, Susan E ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eileanchelys waldmani; Late Bathonian; Middle Jurassic; Palaeoecology; Phylogeny; Testudinata

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURTLE;

HEBRIDES; HIGHLAND; INNER HEBRIDES; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM;

TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; TURTLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; SCOTLAND; TURTLES;

EID: 63849175370     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1429     Document Type: Article

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