A revision of xinjiangchelyid turtles from the Late Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, China

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-114

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

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Zigong Dinosaur Museum   (China)

^d Chongqing Museum of Natural History   (China)

^e CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Late Jurassic; Sichuan Basin; Systematics; Testudines; Xinjiangchelyidae

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

PLESIOCHELYS; TESTUDINES; XINJIANGCHELYIDAE;

EID: 84862758330     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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