New late cretaceous macrobaenid turtle with Asian affinities from the High Canadian Arctic: Dispersal via ice-free polar routes

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-186

  Vandermark, Deborah ^a   Tarduno, John A ^a   Brinkman, Donald B ^b   Cottrell, Rory D ^a   Mason, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADIAN ARCTIC; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; LATE CRETACEOUS; TURONIAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; SHELL; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ASIA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIACIAN; TESTUDINES;

EID: 69649091944     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25415A.1     Document Type: Article

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