Miocene chelonians from South-western Namibia

Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia

Volumn , Issue 20, 2008, Pages 107-145

  De Lapparent De Broin, France ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; QUATERNARY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TERTIARY; TURTLE;

MADAGASCAR; NAMIBIA; SAHARA;

PELOMEDUSA; PELOMEDUSA SUBRUFA; PELOMEDUSIDAE; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

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