A review of the fossil turtles of Australia. American Museum novitates ; no. 2720

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dc.contributor.authorGaffney, Eugene S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:15:39Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:15:39Z
dc.date.issued1981en_US
dc.description38 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 34-38).en_US
dc.description.abstract"The Australian fossil record has yielded sparse but identifiable specimens of Trionychidae (?Miocene-Recent), Carretochelyidae (Pliocene-Recent), Chelidae (Micoene-Recent), Chelonioidea (Cretaceous-Recent), and Meiolaniidae (Miocene-Pleistocene). As is the case with the Recent turtle fauna, the side-necked chelids are the most common and most widespread fossil turtles. With the possible exception of the poorly known Cretaceous Chelycarapookus, the meiolaniids are the only major group present in the fossil record that is not represented in the Recent Australasian fauna. Various new taxa of chelids reported by De Vis around the turn of the century are not diagnosable beyond family. There are no extinct chelid species that can be substantiated at present"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5333
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2720en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2720, 1981en_US
dc.subject.lcshTurtles, Fossil -- Australia.en_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles, Fossil -- Australia.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Australia.en_US
dc.titleA review of the fossil turtles of Australia. American Museum novitates ; no. 2720en_US
dc.title.alternativeFossil turtlesen_US
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