Reassessment of the phylogenetic interrelationships of basal turtles (Testudinata)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-45

  Anquetin, Jeremy ^a,b,c,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Meiolaniids; Naomichelys; Phylogeny; Siamochelys; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMOLOGY; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; TURTLE;

MEIOLANIIDAE; PLATYCEPS; TESTUDINES; XINJIANGCHELYIDAE;

EID: 84862760457     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.558928     Document Type: Article

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