Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4747597 | Cretaceous Research | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The partial carapace of a “macrobaenid” turtle from the Geoncheonri Formation (Lower Cretaceous) in Gyeongsan City near Daegu Metropolian City, South Korea, is referred to Kirgizemys Nessov and Khozsatzky, 1973. The specimen most closely resembles K. exaratus Nessov and Khozsatzky, 1973 from the Albian of Kyrgyzstan. It is the first turtle fossil described from the Mesozoic sediments on the Korean peninsula.
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Authors
Yuong-Nam Lee, J. Howard Hutchison, Ki-Hong Chang,