A new turtle from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Patagonia, Argentina, with remarks on the evolution of the vertebral column in turtles

Palaeontology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-78

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

^a MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Formed cervical vertebrae; Patagoniaemys gasparinae; Phylogeny; Testudinata; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE;

PATAGONIA;

BAENIDAE; CRYPTODIRA; MEIOLANIIDAE; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78651413379     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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