Description
Tortoise - Turtle shell carapace - Turtek shell carapace - 52×112×145 mm
Late Cretaceous Period ca 144 to 65 million years ago - North America
New World, Late Cretaceous Period, ca. 144 to 65 million years ago. A fossilized turtle shell carapace with fine details of surface texture. Size: 5.7" L x 4.4" W x 2.05" H (14.5 cm x 11.2 cm x 5.2 cm)
Provenance: Ex-Private Orange County, CA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14
Comes with a certificate of from the auction house
Lot details
- Specimen
- Tortoise
- Object
- Turtle shell carapace
- Scientific name
- Turtek shell carapace
- Origin
- North America
- Geological Period
- Late Cretaceous Period ca 144 to 65 million years ago
- Condition
- Preserved
- Treatment
- Conserved
- Dimensions
- 52×112×145 mm