Lot 738
Fossil Badlands Turtle with Bite Marks. Stylemys nebrascensis is a 30-million-year-old tortoise that roamed the White River Formation of the South Dakota Badlands. This near complete specimen measures 7 x 6" and is well preserved with bite marks from some sharp-toothed predator: there are three bite marks on the top of the shell and another bite mark on the tortoise's bony underside, its plastron. Most of the plastron is preserved, along with a 1½" leg bone and other bones still clearly buried in the matrix. Estimate Value $400 - 600
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| Realized $250 |
