Anatomy of condorchelys antiqua sterli, 2008, and the origin of the modern jaw closure mechanism in turtles

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-366

  Sterli, Juliana ^a,b   Fuente, Marcelo S De La ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Museo Egidio Feruglio   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; JURASSIC; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL; TOOTH; TURTLE;

PATAGONIA;

INDOCHELYS SPATULATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952285639     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003617597     Document Type: Article

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