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Kinkonychelys, A New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

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Gaffney, Eugene S., Krause, David W., Zalmout, Iyad S. (2009): Kinkonychelys, A New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. American Museum Novitates 3662: 1-28, DOI: 10.1206/672.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/672.1

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