New material and a reassessment of soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the late cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-393

  Vitek, Natasha S ^a   Danilov, Igor G ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; MATERIAL CULTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; SHELL; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

KAZAKHSTAN; NORTH AMERICA;

TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE; TRIONYX;

EID: 77952259438     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003617548     Document Type: Article

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