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Fig. 2

From: A forged ‘chimera’ including the second specimen of the protostegid sea turtle Santanachelys gaffneyi and shell parts of the pleurodire Araripemys from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Group of Brazil

Fig. 2

Forged concretion (UFRPE 5061) preserving parts of a new specimen of Santanachelys gaffneyi and Araripemydidae cf. Araripemys barretoi after preparation. a-c Specimen in dorsal view; d-f specimen in ventral view. a, d Complete fossil; b, e interpretative drawing of skeletal elements; c, f interpretative drawing with skeletal elements colour-coded according to identification as Santanachelys gaffneyi (light yellow), as belonging to cf. Araripemys barretoi (dark grey), and as unidentified shell elements (light grey). Of the latter, costal bones were identified because they were misleadingly included with the ventral view exposed (revealing parts of ribs). Abbreviations: c, costal bone; ce, cervical scute; epi, epiplastron; ento, entoplastron; hyo, hyoplastron; hyp, hypoplastron; m, marginal scute; p, peripheral bone; v, vertebral scute; xi, xiphiplastron

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