The first Mesozoic turtle from South Korea

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1287-1292

  Lee, Yuong Nam ^a   Hutchison, J Howard ^b   Chang, Ki Hong ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

"Macrobaenid" turtle; Geoncheonri Formation; Kirgizemys; Korea; Lower Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MESOZOIC; NEW RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GYEONGSAN; KOREA; NORTH KYONGSANG; SOUTH KOREA; TAEGU [SOUTH KOREA]; TAEGU [TAEGU (ADS)];

TESTUDINES;

EID: 70249139049     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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