Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the pliocene siwaliks of Pakistan

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 449-458

  Joyceab, Walter G ^a,b   Lysoncd, Tyler R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Marmarth Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Palatochelydia; Pangshura tatrotia; Pliocene; Siwaliks; Testudinoidea

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLIOCENE; TURTLE;

PAKISTAN;

EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINOIDEA;

EID: 78650152424     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.500879     Document Type: Article

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