Trionyx virginiana

Turtle shell
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Taxon: Trionyx virginiana Clark
Locality: Clifton Beach, Charles County, MD
Age: Paleocene
Rock unit: Aquia Formation
Collector: David Itano

Very similar fragmentary specimens have been reported from the Aquia Formation and identified as costal plates of a Trionyx virginiana, a soft-shelled turtle. (Maximum length across diagonal 5 cm.)


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