20956 - Top Rare 4.94 Inch Euclastes sp Paleocene Sea Turtle Skull Gerastos Odontopleurinae

Odontopleurinae

Its enamel has a very intense color

From the proximal end to the distal end

It could be a case of evolutive convergence

Nicely preserved and spectacularly well detailed specimen

20956 - Top Rare 4.94 Inch Euclastes sp Paleocene Sea Turtle Skull Gerastos OdontopleurinaeEuclastes sp, Cope 1870 (sea turtle) Reptilia Testudines Pancheloniida Beautiful partial skull bone. Top rare specimen. Since the rst study of Moroccan fossil turtles, and the up dated overview by Lapparent de Broin of Moroccan fossil turtles, abundant new material has been obtained from the Maastrichtian to the Ypresian phosphatic basins of Morocco. Phosphate turtles belong to the two major groups of extant turtles: Pleurodira, mostly represented by