Giant Tortoise Fossil Shell

Tortoise Fossil for Sale


Giant Tortoise Fossil Shell
Extinct Giant Tortoise Fossil Shell for Sale
Fossil Tortoise Shell
Fossil Giant Tortoise Shell from the Pleistocene Period of Florida.
Side view of an Extict Fossil Giant Tortoise Shell
Fossil Shell piece from an Extinct Giant Tortoise
Prehistoric Fossil Giant Tortoise Shell

Description:


Common Name:  Extinct Giant Tortoise Fossil Shell Piece
Genus/Species:  Geochelone (Hesperotstudo) crassiscutata
Age: 2.4 Million - 11,000 Years old
Period: Pleistocene
Formation: Alachua
Location: Marion County, Florida, USA


This is a large and robust Giant Fossil Tortoise Shell Piece from the prehistoric ice age of Florida.   This Fossil Shell Piece is mineralized with some natural water wear and open bone cells.  Great example of a prehistoric Giant Fossil Tortoise Shell of Hesperotestudo.   A must have piece of a giant from the past.  Very nice marginal edge piece.  No repairs, Actual Specimen Pictured, and Guaranteed Authentic.


The Giant Land Tortoise was as large as or larger than the Galapagos Islands reptile cousin and was the common Pleistocene Tortoise of Florida. This Land Turtle could get up to 6 foot in length and weigh as much as 500-600 lbs.

The modern Galapagos Tortoise can live to around 200 years old and is considered one of the oldest living creatures on the planet. Their diet consists of leaves, grasses, cactus, fruits, lichen and carrion.

Due to the moderate climate during the warm phase of the Ice Age or Pleistocene Period, they did well in Florida, but became extinct later.

The fossil record suggests that early prehistoric people (Paleo-Indians), of Florida, lived here with the giant beasts and hunted them for food.

It is a land crawling reptile and its shell protects it against predators. The top part, of the shell, is called the Carapace (the part most often fossilized) and the bottom part, the Plastron.

The legs and tails of these reptiles are protected by a bony armor or scutes of different shapes and sizes. These scutes often become fossilized and are found in many Florida Rivers.


Size: 5.98" W  x  6.90" L  x  2.48" Thickness


Price: SOLD
Item #: TORT014


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