Basilochelys macrobios n. gen. and n. sp., a large cryptodiran turtle from the Phu Kradung Formation (later Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous) of the Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 315, Issue , 2009, Pages 153-173

  Tong, Haiyan ^a   Claude, Julien ^b   Naksri, Wilailuck ^c   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^d   Buffetaut, Eric ^e   Khansubha, Sasidhorn ^d   Wongko, Kamonrak ^d   Yuangdetkla, Phisit ^d  

^a Université de Montpellier 2 ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c Sirindhorn Museum   (Thailand)

^d Bureau of Fossil Research and Museum   (Thailand)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; IDENTIFICATION KEY; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SHELL; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

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

TESTUDINES;

EID: 70349119579     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP315.12     Document Type: Article

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