FIG. 1. — A in Fossil sea turtles (Chelonii, Dermochelyidae and Cheloniidae) from the Miocene of Pietra Leccese (late Burdigalian-early Messinian), Southern Italy

FIG. 1. — A, Testudo varicosa Costa, 1851 (MP-CMSNN 8448), type specimen, original drawing by Costa (1864) and photograph of the slab as preserved nowadays. Note that Costa did not follow the original position of the specimen in the slab. T. varicosa is here considered a junior synonym of Trachyaspis lardyi Meyer, 1843; B, Euclastes melii Misuri, 1910 remains, photo and reconstruction (modified from Misuri 1910). Note that a large portion of the reconstructed carapace is not represented in the fossil. Scale bars: A, 40 mm; B, 50 mm.