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Family: Carettochelyidae Allaeochelys sp. My thanks to France de Lapparent de Broin for help identifying this species |
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This
is the second ever almost complete carapace of a Trionyx to be found
on Sheppey. This one was found by Mick Wall on the 7th March 2003 washing
out amongst the jumble of clay blocks resulting from a massive rotational
landslip at Warden Point
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known from fragments in the past, this specimen is the first almost
complete carapace to have been found. The shell is filled with cement
stone, and the lower part of the carapace is embedded in it. Part of
the frontal plates have flipped over and been preserved as a lump in
the centre of the shell |
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Detail
showing frontal part of the shell in cement stone matrix
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Two
images showing details of the textured surface of the shell
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