Giant Tortoise Prehistoric Spur Fossil in Display Case

Description: Prehistoric giant toroise spur fossil in display case. This fossil was found in North Florida and is from the Pleistocene Epoch. This cool tortoise spur is over 3/4" x 1/2". The fossil comes in a great tortoise display case and includes a laminated information card. All fossils sold are authentic. No replicas. Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, as well as two extant species with multiple subspecies formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands.Giant tortoises were once all placed in a single genus but more recent studies have shown that giant tortoises represent several distinct lineages that are not closely related to one another. These lineages appear to have developed large size independently and, as a result, giant tortoises are polyphyletic. For example, the Aldabra Atoll giant tortoises are related to Malagasy tortoises while the Galapagos giant tortoises are related to South American mainland tortoises, particularly the Chaco tortoise. The recently extinct Mascarene giant tortoises are thought to have belonged to their own branch of the tortoise family, being sister to all other modern tortoise genera aside from Manouria, Gopherus, and Testudo.Giant tortoises are classified into several distinct genera, including Aldabrachelys, Centrochelys (in part, often excluding the extant African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)), Chelonoidis (in part), Cylindraspis (extinct c. 1840), Hesperotestudo (extinct c. 9,000 years Before Present), Megalochelys, Solitudo, and Titanochelon. Both Megalochelys and Titanochelon reached sizes substantially greater than modern giant tortoises, with up to 7 ft 10 in and 6 ft 7 in shell lengths respectively. TT008

Price: 10.99 USD

Location: Davenport, Iowa

End Time: 2024-10-03T20:19:49.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.99 USD