The cranial morphology of Kayentachelys, an Early Jurassic cryptodire, and the early history of turtles

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-368

  Gaffney, Eugene S ^a   Jenkins Jr, Farish A ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptodires; Early Jurassic; Kayentachelys; Pleurodires

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; PALEOBIOLOGY; SHELL; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; TURTLE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 77954748893     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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