Turtles from the kaiparowits formation, Utah

At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 295-318

  Hutchison, J Howard ^a   Knell, Michael J ^b   Brinkman, Donald B ^c  

^a Montana State University Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

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