Kinkonychelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the late cretaceous of Madagascar

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3662, 2009, Pages 1-25

  Gaffney, Eugene S ^a   Krause, David W ^b   Zalmout, Iyad S ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 70349594551     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/672.1     Document Type: Article

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