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- HIRAYAMA Ren
- Department of Information, Teikyo University of Technology
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Description
Fossil turtles collected from the Sinda Beds of eastern Zaire contain three families. They are Erymnochelys sp. of family Pelomedusidae, gen. et sp. Indet. of family Carettochelyidae, and gen. et sp. indet of family Trionychidae. Among them is the first known occurrence from Africa of carettochelyid, the pig-nosed turtle, Erymnochelys, the bigheaded side necked turtle, while once flourished in African during Tertiary, is restricted to Madagascar, today. All of these are presumed to have had aquatic habitat in rivers and lakes.
Journal
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- African Study Monographs. Supplementary Issue.
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African Study Monographs. Supplementary Issue. 17 49-65, 1992-07
The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390009224834815104
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- NII Article ID
- 110001018763
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- NII Book ID
- AA10636379
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- DOI
- 10.14989/68363
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- HANDLE
- 2433/68363
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- ISSN
- 02869667
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- IRDB
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Allowed