13057 - Top Rare Huge 12,6cm Euclastes sp Paleocene Sea Turtle Femur Bone Palaeonotopterus 37g Slice (Currently Under Classification)

37g Slice (Currently Under Classification)

and its typical preglabelar structure

Sidi Chenan

Calymene orthomarginata

13057 - Top Rare Huge 12,6cm Euclastes sp Paleocene Sea Turtle Femur Bone Palaeonotopterus 37g Slice (Currently Under Classification)Euclastes sp, Cope 1870 (sea turtle) Reptilia Testudines Pancheloniida Exceedingly rare and nicely preserved huge femur bone from this enormous Paleocene sea turtle. Not restored, it only has some tiny glued fractures. Quite unique 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