Tests of Turtle Phylogeny: Molecular, Morphological, and Paleontological Approaches
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Tests of turtle phylogeny: molecular, morphological, and paleontological approaches.
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عنوان ژورنال: Systematic Biology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1063-5157
DOI: 10.2307/2413622