A global phylogeny of Pelomedusoides turtles with new material of Neochelys franzeni Schleich, 1993 (Testudines, Podocnemididae) fromthe middle Eocene, Messel Pit, of Germany

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Volumn 2015, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Cadena, Edwin ^a  

^a Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eocene; Germany; Messel Pit; Phylogeny; Pleurodira; Podocnemididae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARAPACE; CERVICAL SPINE; EVOLUTION; EXOSKELETON; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GERMANY; LIMB; MANDIBLE; NEOCHELYS FRANZENI; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PLASTRON; POSTCRANIA; SKULL; TURTLE;

ERYMNOCHELYS MADAGASCARIENSIS; PELOMEDUSOIDES; PELTOCEPHALUS DUMERILIANUS; PLEURODIRA; PODOCNEMIDIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84940380726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1221     Document Type: Article

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