A new species of the side-necked turtle Foxemys (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary and the historical biogeography of the Bothremydini

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 662-674

  Rabi, Márton ^a   Tong, Haiyan ^b   Botfalvai, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Bothremydidae; Hungary; Late Cretaceous; palaeobiogeography; Pleurodira; turtles

Indexed keywords

BOTHREMYDIDAE; HUNGARY; LATE CRETACEOUS; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLEURODIRA; TURTLES;

ECOLOGY;

CAMPANIAN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SANTONIAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TURTLE;

BAKONY MOUNTAINS; HUNGARY; TRANSDANUBIAN MOUNTAINS;

BOTHREMYDIDAE; PELOMEDUSOIDES; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84861795247     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000756     Document Type: Article

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