Turtle shell bone and osteoderm histology of Mesozoic and Cenozoic stem-trionychian Adocidae and Nanhsiungchelyidae (Cryptodira: Adocusia) from Central Asia, Mongolia, and North America
The record of fossil turtles from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic of Asia and North America is very rich, including several lineages of cryptodiran turtles. Here we survey the shell bone histology of two important closely related groups of stem trionychians, the Adocidae and Nanhsiungchelyidae, which ha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Fossil Record |
| Online Access: | http://www.foss-rec.net/20/69/2017/fr-20-69-2017.pdf |