The anatomy of the basal turtle Eileanchelys waldmani from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-96

  Anquetin, Jérémy ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Basicranium; Bathonian; evolution; Great Estuarine Group; Kilmaluag Formation; morphology; stem turtle; Testudinata

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BATHONIAN; CRANIUM; EVOLUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL; TURTLE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

HEBRIDES; HIGHLAND; INNER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 79956077174     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691010009217     Document Type: Article

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