20956 - Top Rare 4.94 Inch Euclastes sp Paleocene Sea Turtle Skull Gerastos The morphology of the humerus

The morphology of the humerus and the radius can be recognized

The largest piece recovered was 60 kg

It could be a case of evolutive convergence

Purdy et al

PALAEONTOLOGY

20956 - Top Rare 4.94 Inch Euclastes sp Paleocene Sea Turtle Skull Gerastos The morphology of the humerusEuclastes 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