New bothremydid turtle (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the paleocene of northeastern Colombia

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 688-698

  Cadena, Edwin A ^a,b   Bloch, Jonathan I ^a   Jaramillo, Carlos A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; ONTOGENY; PALEOCENE; SHELL; SKULL; TROPICAL REGION; TURTLE;

COLOMBIA;

BOTHREMYDIDAE; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84863979332     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/11-128R1.1     Document Type: Article

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