"Macrobaenidae" (Testudines: Eucryptodira) from the late paleocene (Clarkforkian) of montana and the taxonomic treatment of "Clemmys" backmani

Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-155

  Brinkman, Donald B ^a   Densmore, Michael J ^b   Joyce, Walter G ^c,d  

^a ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"Macrobaenidae"; Bear creek local fauna; Clemmys; Judithemys backmani; Montana; Paleocene

Indexed keywords

CLEMMYS; JUDITHEMYS SUKHANOVI; OSTEOPYGIS EMARGINATUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79960237310     PISSN: 0079032X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3374/014.051.0201     Document Type: Article

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