New chelid turtles of the lower section of the Cerro Barcino formation (Aptian-Albian?), Patagonia, Argentina

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 527-537

  De la Fuente, Marcelo S ^a,b   Umazano, Aldo M ^b,c   Sterli, Juliana ^b,d   Carballido, José L ^b,d  

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

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^d MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chelidae; Chubut group; Gondwana breakup; Lower Cretaceous; Prochelidella; Testudines

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TURTLE; TYPE SECTION; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; PATAGONIA;

CHELIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79956337174     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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