A new trionychid turtle from the British Lower Eocene

13 3 Thu, 01/01/1970 - 12:00 October 503 510

MOODY, R. T. J., WALKER, C. A. 1970. A new trionychid turtle from the British Lower Eocene. Palaeontology, 13, 3, 503–510.

R. T. J. Moody and C. A. Walker A new trionychid turtle, Eurycephalochelys fowleri gen. et sp. nov., is described from a skull found in the Bracklesham Beds (Cuisian, Lower Eocene) of Sussex. Comparisons are made between this first known trionychid skull from the British Eocene, and other fossil and Recent members of the Trionychidae. The Palaeontological Association (Free Access)