First Cretaceous turtle from Antarctica

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1275-1278

  De La Fuente, Marcelo ^a,b   Novas, Fernando E ^a,c   Isasi, Marcelo P ^a,c   Lirio, Juan M ^d   Nuñez, Héctor J ^d  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TURTLE;

ANTARCTICA;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 77956022061     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483542     Document Type: Article

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