Atolchelys lepida, a new side-necked turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil and the age of crown Pleurodira

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Romano, Pedro S R ^a   Gallo, Valéria ^b   Ramos, Renato R C ^d   Antonioli, Luzia ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b IB   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barremian; Morro do Chaves Formation; Northeastern Brazil; Phylogeny; Testudines

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BARREMIAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; TURTLE; VICARIANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; SERGIPE-ALAGOAS BASIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAZIL; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; TURTLES;

EID: 84906070912     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0290     Document Type: Article

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