The first juvenile specimen of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota

A small juvenile turtle is described from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, shedding light on the juvenile morphology and ontogeny of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis. Several juvenile features are uncovered, such as a small and circular carapace (less than half of the adult), wide vertebral scales, a...

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Autores principales: Shao, Shuai, Yang, Yang, Li, Lan, Sun, Da-Yong, Zhou, Chang-Fu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462061
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3274

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