Middle jurassic turtles from the Sichuan Basin, China: A review

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 675-695

  Tong, Haiyan ^a,b   Danilov, Igor ^c   Ye, Yong ^d   Ouyang, Hui ^e   Peng, Guangzhao ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (France)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Zigong Dinosaur Museum   (China)

^e Chongqing Museum of Natural History   (China)

Author keywords

China; Middle Jurassic; Sichuan Basin; systematics; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CHINA; MIDDLE JURASSIC; SICHUAN BASIN; SYSTEMATICS; TESTUDINES;

ANIMALS;

DOMINANCE; FAUNA; JURASSIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

TESTUDINES; XINJIANGCHELYIDAE;

EID: 84861820905     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000859     Document Type: Review

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