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Short Note: New fossil turtle remains from the Eocene of the Antarctic Peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2010

Paula Bona ,
Marcelo S. de la Fuente  and
Marcelo A. Reguero
Paula Bona*
Affiliation:
División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, CONICET, Argentina
Marcelo S. de la Fuente
Affiliation:
Departamento Paleontología, Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael, Parque Mariano Moreno s/n, 5600 San Rafael, CONICET, Argentina
Marcelo A. Reguero
Affiliation:
División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, CONICET, Argentina
*
[email protected]
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Antarctic Science , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , October 2010 , pp. 531 - 532
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2010

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