Specimens of Cuvierichelys parisiensis, from the early Oligocene of Boutersem (Belgium), corresponding to the carapace. Abbreviations for the plates (in bold): C, costal; N, neural. Abbreviations for the scutes (in normal font): Pl, pleural; V, vertebral. The solid lines represent the edges of the plates. The dashed lines indicate the broken margins. Those composed of a succession of points correspond to unsutured contacts. The scute margins are represented by thicker gray lines.