Turtle assemblages of the Khorat Group (Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous) of NE Thailand and their palaeobiogeographical significance

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 315, Issue , 2009, Pages 141-152

  Tong, Haiyan ^a   Claude, Julien ^b   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^c   Naksri, Wilailuck ^d   Buffetaut, Eric ^a  

^a Université de Montpellier 2 ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c Bureau of Fossil Research and Museum   (Thailand)

^d Sirindhorn Museum   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KHORAT PLATEAU; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

CARETTOCHELYIDAE; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHOIDEA;

EID: 70349113577     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP315.11     Document Type: Article

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