Description: Prehistoric turtle shell fossil in display case. This fossil was found in North Florida and is from the Pleistocene Epoch. This beautiful shell piece is about 1 1/2" x 1". The fossil comes in a great turtle display case and includes a laminated information card. All fossils sold are authentic. No replicas. Turtle, (order Testudines), any reptile with a body encased in a bony shell, including tortoises. Although numerous animals, from invertebrates to mammals, have evolved shells, none has an architecture like that of turtles. The turtle shell has a top (carapace) and a bottom (plastron). The carapace and plastron are bony structures that usually join one another along each side of the body, creating a rigid skeletal box. This box, composed of bone and cartilage, is retained throughout the turtle’s life. Because the shell is an integral part of the body, the turtle cannot exit it, nor is the shell shed like the skin of some other reptiles.There are approximately 356 species of turtles living on land in all continents except Antarctica and in both salt water and fresh water. Tortoises (family Testudinidae) live exclusively on land and have anatomic features distinguishing them from other turtles, but the term tortoise has long been used to refer to other terrestrial testudines as well, such as the box turtle and the wood turtle. Similarly, terrapin was sometimes used to describe any aquatic turtle but is now largely restricted to the edible diamondback terrapin of the eastern United States.Despite turtles’ broad distribution, there are not and never seem to have been a great many species of turtles at any time over the course of their long evolutionary history. The small number of species, however, does not equate to a lack of diversity. There are turtles with carapace lengths of less than 4 inches, as in the flattened musk turtle, and of more than 4.9 feet, as in the leatherback sea turtle. TT001
Price: 14.99 USD
Location: Davenport, Iowa
End Time: 2024-03-01T01:37:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.99 USD
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