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Marine Turtles of Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu

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Title Marine Turtles of Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu
 
Creator Nammalwar, P
Rajagopalan, M
 
Subject Marine turtle
 
Description Marine turtles have very long geologic history. They were common in the Cretaceous , 130 million years ago and their fossil record extends back atleast 200 million years. They lived together with dinosaurs and have survived the giant plesiosaurus and Ichthyosaurus.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2000
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8650/1/Nammalwar_1.pdf
Nammalwar, P and Rajagopalan, M (2000) Marine Turtles of Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu. In: Souvenir 2000. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mandapam, pp. 95-98.