Allaeochelys
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allaeochelys-263-7931068
title:
Allaeochelys
text:
Allaeochelys is an extinct genus of Carettochelyid turtle, known from the Eocene to Miocene of Europe, Asia, North America and Africa. Fossils of the species Allaeochelys crassesculpta have been found in the Messel Pit near Darmstadt, Germany in pairs fossilised in the coital position. It is believed to be the only example in the fossil record of vertebrates mating. Dr Walter Joyce of the University of Tübingen said that "We've demonstrated quite clearly that each pair is a male and a female, an
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description:
Extinct genus of turtles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allaeochelys
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date modified:
2023-02-03T05:24:26Z
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