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Rhinoclemmys panamaensis jaw bone

Fossil Friday 5/6/16: A turtle dentary

May 6, 2016

Today’s Fossil Friday post is on the dentary, or lower jaw bone, of a turtle (possibly Rhinoclemmys panamaensis) found at the … Continue

UF 242111, the right second peripheral of an podocnemidid turtle (genus indeterminate). Photo © VP FLMNH.

Fossil Friday 10/23/15: A podocnemidid turtle

Oct 23, 2015

This week’s Fossil Friday features the peripheral of a podocnemidid turtle! This specimen was found in El Lirio Norte of … Continue

UF 242076, a peripheral element of the plastron of Staurotypus moschus. (Photo © VP FLMNH)

Fossil Friday 4/24/15: A kinosternid turtle

Apr 24, 2015

This Fossil Friday we have a peripheral element of the plastron (ventral surface of the shell) of a kinosternid turtle … Continue

Reconstructing the shell of a turtle known as Pleurodira sp

Paleobotanist life for me

Feb 26, 2015

These past few days in the prep lab I have been reconstructing the shell of a turtle known as Pleurodira … Continue

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