This turtle skull comes from the Oligocene of the White River Badlands in South Dakota, USA. The age of this fossil is about 30 million years.
The skull is perfectly preserved, not crushed, beautifully three-dimensional, and excellently prepared. It measures about 9 x 6 x 4 cm.
At this location usually one can only find turtle amors - bones or even skulls are extremely rare.
The stone was broken and have been glued, it also contains two bones that probably belong to the same individual.
No additions or other manipulations.
Rarity!
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