Large Miocene Tortoise Fossil

Name: Protestudo hipparion

Size: mm (25.4mm=1 inch): 210 by 140 with 640 mm circumference at base of carapace

Location: Ganshu Province, China

Code: CT1

Price: $195.00 - Sold

This is a huge and very fine example of an essentially complete shell of a tortoise known as Protestudo hipparion coming from the Late Miocene deposits of Ganshu Province, China. The preservation is quite good, both of the dorsal shell, or carapace, and the ventral shell, or plastron. Tortoises and turtles are rarely offered for sale, and few are in this good a state.

EDCOPE Enterprises Purchase

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