Late Cretaceous Fauna - Baenid Turtle shell

Zoology

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Frontier Gateway Museum

Baenid Turtle shell top side: Top of Baenid Turtle shell with 2 holes along the left side that appear to be bite marks.
Baenid Turtle shell top side

Top of Baenid Turtle shell with 2 holes along the left side that appear to be bite marks.

Name/Title

Late Cretaceous Fauna - Baenid Turtle shell

Entry/Object ID

GH68.24.79

Description

Baenid Turtle shell - top and underside connected and nearly complete

Collection

Gregory Hagenston

General Notes

Note

This Baenid Turtle shell is remarkably complete, underside and top with two holes that appear to be bite marks along one edge. However, that is not correct. Its a young specimen. The holes are growth fontanelles, they fill in as the animal ages and are very large in really young specimens. Specimens with them are rare.