New sea turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the iterative evolution of feeding ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-247

  Parham, James F ^a,b   Pyenson, Nicholas D ^c,d,e  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Departments of Mammalogy and Paleontology   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION; FEEDING MECHANISM; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIZATION; TURTLE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIIDAE; CHELONIOIDEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77749295301     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09-077R.1     Document Type: Article

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