A new trionychid turtle from the Lower Eocene of Kent

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A new trionychid turtle from the Lower Eocene of Kent

  • Volume / Part: 17 / 4
  • Publication Date: November 1974
  • Page(s): 901 - 907
  • Authored By: C. A. Walker and R. T. J. Moody

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A trionychid turtle, Trionyx silvestris sp. nov., is described from a skull found in the Blackheath Beds (Lower Ypresian, Lower Eocene) of Abbey Wood, Kent. Comparisons are made between this, the first certain example of Trionyx from the Lower Eocene of Britain, and other fossil and Recent members of the Trionychidae.

Palaeontology - Volume 17 Part 4 Pages 901-907



Palaeontology - Volume 17 Part 4 Pages 901-907

Citations

WALKER, C. A., MOODY, R. T. J. 1974. A new trionychid turtle from the Lower Eocene of Kent. Palaeontology, 17, 4, 901–907.