A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods

Nathalie Bardet; Nour-Eddine Jalil; France de Lapparent de Broin; Damien Germain; Olivier Lambert; Mbarek Amaghzaz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063586

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A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods

Nathalie Bardet ,

* E-mail: bardet@mnhn.fr

Affiliation CNRS UMR 7207, Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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Nour-Eddine Jalil,

Affiliation Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Department of Earth Sciences, Vertebrate Evolution and Palaeoenvironnements, Marrakech, Morocco
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France de Lapparent de Broin,

Affiliation CNRS UMR 7207, Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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Damien Germain,

Affiliation CNRS UMR 7207, Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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Olivier Lambert,

Affiliation Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Département de Paléontologie, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Mbarek Amaghzaz

Affiliation Office Chérifien des Phosphates, Centre Minier de Khouribga, Khouribga, Morocco
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A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods

Nathalie Bardet,
Nour-Eddine Jalil,
France de Lapparent de Broin,
Damien Germain,
Olivier Lambert,
Mbarek Amaghzaz

Published: July 11, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063586

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A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods

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