Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: New diversity, records and a revision

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 799-832

  Danilov, Igor G ^a   Hirayama, Ren ^b   Sukhanov, Vladimir B ^c   Suzuki, Shigeru ^d   Watabe, Mahito ^d   Vitek, Natasha S ^e  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Hayashibara Mus of Natural Sciences   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Mongolia; Testudines; Trionychidae; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; SHELL; TURTLE;

MONGOLIA;

TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 84909636563     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2013.847870     Document Type: Article

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