-First Cretaceous dermochelyid turtle from Africa
It has several polished faces
The distinct beetle is very well preserved in a 3-dimensional fashion
Owens 1973
Precious association of teeth in matrix of Cretolamna maroccana (Mackerel Shark) and unidentified fish skull from the phosphate deposits of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco)
30783 - Well Preserved 1.12 Inch Cyphaspis (Otarion) cf. boutscharafinense Devonian Trilobite Chelyabinsk -First Cretaceous dermochelyid turtle fromOtarion, Zenker 1833 (trilobite) Trilobita Proetida Aulacopleuridae Synonyms: Conoparia Hawle and Corda 1847 (no. 155231), Otarionella Weyber 1965 (no. 21276) Parent taxon: Aulacopleuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2003 See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Thomas and Owens 1978 and Whittington 1941 Sister taxa: Aulacopleura, Aulacopleurinae, Coignouina, Cyphaspides, Dixiphopyge, Goodsiraspis, Maurotarion, Namuropyge,