Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna from the Aridal Formation, Sabkha of Gueran, southwestern Morocco
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Zouhri, Samir
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Gingerich, Philip D.
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Khalloufi, Bouziane
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Bourdon, Estelle
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Adnet, Sylvain
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Jouve, Stéphane
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Elboudali, Najia
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Amane, Ayoub
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Rage, Jean-Claude
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Tabuce, Rodolphe
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Geodiversitas
2021
2021-03-11
43
5
121
150
journal article
7746
10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a5
e42658a2-0e15-4e90-9bc5-0d00cbcbd781
1638-9395
4605963
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:697FC553-E37B-4EF9-97A4-950E4DEE246C
Gen. et sp. indet. B
EXAMINED MATERIAL. —
FSAC Bouj-95, a fragment of carapace plate.
DESCRIPTION
FSAC Bouj-95 (
Fig. 5O
) is a fragment of dermal plate of a carapace, covered dorsally by parts of three meeting scutes. A natural border that makes an acute angle for a ventral scute lip is present, but it is not possible to locate and orientate the plate based on this information.
REMARKS
The smooth ornamentation of the surface and the presence of a lip preclude assignment to cheloniids. This plate and Bouj- 196 might belong to the same pleurodiran taxon.