Some Turtle Remains from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Volgograd Region, Russia
Abstract
Fragmental remains of a chelosphargine Teguliscapha(?) sp. (Cenomanian), large sized Chelonioidea indet. (possibly protostegid) (Campanian), cheloniid Osteopyginae indet., as well as Trionychidae indet. and Testudinata gen. et sp. indet. 1 and 2 (Paleocene) are described from the Volgograd Region, Russia.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-2-161-166
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