Giant fossil soft-shelled turtles of North America
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Giant Fossil Soft-Shelled Turtles of North America
Axestemys byssina—a large, potentially paedomorphic soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)—and a number of other of giant trionychids have been described, but no rigorous analysis has been undertaken to investigate their relationships. Because these trionychids are so unusual and occupy a broad Cretaceous-Eocene temporal range (70-46 myr), their study provides new insights into broad patterns of tr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Palaeontologia Electronica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1094-8074
DOI: 10.26879/299