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2.1" Cretaceous Turtle Shell Section - Kem Kem Beds, Morocco
This is a 2.1" section of unidentified fossil turtle shell from the Kem Kem Beds, Morocco. It is from the plastron (bottom shell) and is from the area around where the hind leg would be. This shell section has been repaired.
The Kem Kem Group is famous for yielding a diverse Late Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage including fish, reptiles, and dinosaurs such as Spinosaurus. These fossils are found in a thin bed that outcrops around the edge of a large plateau near Taouz, Morocco. Local miners collect these fossils by digging narrow tunnels by hand into this plateau following the layer.
A paper on this assemblage can be found at: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
One of the tunnels dug into the Kem Kem beds by local miners following the productive fossil beds.
A paper on this assemblage can be found at: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
One of the tunnels dug into the Kem Kem beds by local miners following the productive fossil beds.
SPECIES
Unidentified Turtle
AGE
LOCATION
Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Kem Kem Beds
SIZE
2.1 x 1.5"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#123576
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