Nostimochelone lampra gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic new podocnemidoidean turtle from the early miocene of Northern Greece

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400743083, 2013, Pages 277-287

  Georgalis, Georgios L ^a   Velitzelos, Evangelos ^b   Velitzelos, Dimitrios E ^b   Kear, Benjamin P ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burdigalian; Littoral marine; Mediterranean europe; Neogene; Podocnemidoidea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991332423     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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