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Fig. 5

From: Under the feet of sauropods: a trampled coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Switzerland?

Fig. 5

MJSN CRT007-2, Plesiochelys bigleri (Kimmeridgian, Porrentruy, Switzerland). a Suggested reconstruction of a sauropod foot stepping onto the turtle, thereby pushing the main shell further down into the sediment and provoking the disarticulation and rotation of the two xiphiplastra and the right peripheral 7. The turtle shell is in lateral left view. Hatchings represent sediment. b Suggested placement of the sauropod foot on the turtle shell. View from above

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