An unusual pattern of limb morphology in the Tithonian marine turtle Neusticemys neuquina from the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Lethaia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-25

  De La Fuente, Marcelo S ^a   Fernández, Marta S ^b  

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

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; TITHONIAN; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79551570312     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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