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Specimen #: T.80.03.14
Collection: Testudines > Toxochelys, Turtle
Status: stored
Images
Description
Skull, Partial Skeleton
Measurements (12.0 x 6.0 x 14.5 cm)
Rough measurements were made using a hand held ruler, not a set of calipers. The above rough measurements pertain only to the skull (which has been somewhat geologically distorted), associated with this specimen.
Publications
NICHOLLS, E.L., T.T. TOKARYK, and L.V. HILLS. 1990. Cretaceous Marine Turtles From the Western Interior Seaway of Canada. Canadian Journal of earth Sciences, Volume 27, pp. 1288-1298.
Details
| Common Name: | Toxochelys, Turtle |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Toxochelyidae |
| Genus: | Toxochelys |
| Species: | latiremis |
| Geo Period: | Cretaceous |
| Epoch: | Campanian |
| Formation: | Pierre Shale |
| Member: | Pembina |
| Current Location: | Manitoba Escarpment |
| Credit: | Dr. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Henry Isaak, Don Bell |
Current Condition
Unknown