Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The Family podocnemididae

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 350, 2011, Pages 1-237

  Gaffney, Eugene S ^a   Meylan, Peter A ^b   Wood, Roger C ^c   Simons, Elwyn ^d   De Almeida Campos, Diogenes ^e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Departmento Nacional da Produçao Mineral   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTHREMYDIDAE; CHORDA; ERYMNOCHELYS; PELTOCEPHALUS; PLEURODIRA; PODOCNEMIDIDAE; PODOCNEMIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79955688654     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/350.1     Document Type: Article

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