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English: Unidentified Baenid Turtle
Photographer
English: NPS Photo
Title
English: Unidentified Baenid Turtle
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

A dark brown turtle fossil, facing left, on pale tan stone. The tail itself is the same length as the body.

This ten-inch-long turtle belongs to the Baenidae family, an extinct North American group. Shell characteristics, a very long tail and recurved claws suggest they were strong bottom walking turtles. This specimen is in a private collection.

  • Keywords: fossil turtle
Depicted place
English: Fossil Butte National Monument, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Date Taken on 16 July 2010
Accession number
f1a1846f-155d-451f-67b6-bf9b7b17ec7e
Source
English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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InfoField
FOBU
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English: Green River Formation Fossils

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