Oligocene Fossil Turtle

Description

Beautiful Collectors Specimen!
Oligocene Fossil Turtle. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Box.
This is a fossil turtle/tortoise of Stylemys nebrascensis.  One of the most familiar and commonly preserved fossils in the White River Badlands are those of the land tortoises. Common in many levels, the best preserved and most commonly found one are in the oreodont beds of the Orellan NAMLA.
Fossil land tortoises typically range in size from a few inches to as much as two feet in length, with the average size being 10 - 12 inches long. Due to the shape and structure of the shell, it is clear that they were land tortoises
Age: Oligocene, 30 Million Years Ago
5" wide x 6" long
Excellent size sought after by collectors.
Minimal restoration,  quarter size shell restored and scute edges slightly restored