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Table 1 Measurements of UFRPE 5061 [in mm]

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

Maximum length of preserved bones in concretion

181.4

Maximum width of preserved bones in concretion

111.1

Maximum length of Santanachelys skull as preserved

19.4

Maximum width of Santanachelys skull

26.8

Maximum length of largest piece of Santanachelys shell

154.1

Maximum width of largest piece of Santanachelys shell

73.1

Anteroposterior length of Santanachelys nuchal

19.3

Width of Santanachelys nuchal (posterior margin)

44.30

Width of Santanachelys nuchal (anterior margin)

31.2

Length of Santanachelys right coracoid

44.1

Santanachelys left hypoplastron–xiphiplastron length

80.22

Santanachelys left xiphiplastron length

41.80

Santanachelys right epiplastron width

8.2

Santanachelys right epiplastron width

25.8

Maximum length of largest piece of Araripemydidae shell

106.1

Maximum width of largest piece of Araripemydidae shell

31.1