A new trionychid turtle from the British Lower Eocene

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A new trionychid turtle from the British Lower Eocene

  • Volume / Part: 13 / 3
  • Publication Date: October 1970
  • Page(s): 503 - 510
  • Authored By: R. T. J. Moody and C. A. Walker

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A new trionychid turtle, Eurycephalochelys fowleri gen. et sp. nov., is described from a skull found in the Bracklesham Beds (Cuisian, Lower Eocene) of Sussex. Comparisons are made between this first known trionychid skull from the British Eocene, and other fossil and Recent members of the Trionychidae.

Palaeontology - Volume 13 Part 3 Pages 503-510



Palaeontology - Volume 13 Part 3 Pages 503-510

Citations

MOODY, R. T. J., WALKER, C. A. 1970. A new trionychid turtle from the British Lower Eocene. Palaeontology, 13, 3, 503–510.