A New Fossil Tortoise from the Texas Miocene, With Remarks of the Probably Geologic History of Tortoises in Eastern U.S.

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Date

1964-05

Authors

Auffenberg, Walter

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Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin

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Texas Memorial Museum

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Contents: Geochelone williamsi new species -- Holotype -- Type Locatity and Horizon -- Diagnosis -- Description of Type -- Comparisons -- Discussion -- Summary and Conclusion -- Literature

Keywords

North America -- United States -- Texas -- Grimes County, Testudines, Testudinidae, Geochelone williamsi, Lower Miocene, carapace, plastron, scute

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http://hdl.handle.net/2152/29871

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Pearce-Sellards Series