Peltocephalus maturin
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peltocephalus-maturin-299-17646079
title:
Peltocephalus maturin
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Peltocephalus maturin is an extinct species of podocnemidid river turtle closely related to the big-headed Amazon River turtle that lived during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in what is now Brazil. P. maturin is known from a singular lower jaw of enormous size, with estimates suggesting its carapace may have reached lengths of around 1.70 m. This would make it one of the largest freshwater turtles in history, comparable in size to the Paleocene podocnemidid Carbonemys and only exceeded
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Extinct species of turtle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltocephalus_maturin
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2024-04-16T16:41:05Z
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