Giant fossil soft-shelled turtles of North America

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vitek, Natasha S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axestemys; Biodiversity; New species; Phylogenetics; Trionychidae

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGENETICS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

NORTH AMERICA;

TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 84874579803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26879/299     Document Type: Article

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