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Article: A juvenile turtle (Testudines, Eucryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Langenberg Quarry, Oker, Northern Germany

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2014
Page(s): 743 – 756
Author(s): <p>Maren Jansen and Nicole Klein</p>
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JANSEN, M., KLEIN, N. 2014, A juvenile turtle (Testudines, Eucryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Langenberg Quarry, Oker, Northern Germany. Palaeontology, 57, 4, 743–756. doi: 10.1111/pala.12085

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  • Maren Jansen - Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany (email: maren.jansen@mfn-berlin.de)
  • Nicole Klein - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (email: nicole.klein@smns-bw.de)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 14 JUL 2014
  • Article first published online: 10 DEC 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 30 SEP 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 13 FEB 2013

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