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RARE COMPLETE ARTICULATED PLIOCENE TURTLE DIGIT WITH ALL PHALANGES AND CLAW FROM THE FAMOUS HAILE FOSSIL SITE Haile Quarry (Site 7C) - Alachua County, Florida LATE PLIOCENE PERIOD: 2.5 - 1.8 million years ago CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HAILE QUARRY FOSSIL SITES The Haile Quarry fossil sites located in Northern Florida, U.S.A. have been producing an astonishing wealth of vertebrate fossils for well over 50 years. The sites have been a crown jewel in United States vertebrate paleontology discoveries since the 1930's when quarrying operations revealed the first fossils. This exceptional specimen comes from the 7C site and was legally collected years ago. It is a complete, perfect articulated digit with all bones and an intact claw from a species of Water Turtle, Trachemys sp.. There is NO RESTORATION, NO REPAIR and NO MODERN DAMAGE. Haile fossil sites 7C and 15A, dating back to the Late Pliocene, produced many specimens of turtle varieties. These discoveries allowed scientist to better understand Florida's modern turtles. These two Haile sites yielded some species of turtle specimens for the first time. Many turtle species have been described on the basis of Haile specimens. This is a highly recommended specimen in the finest complete condition and from a scientifically renown deposit. HIGHLY RARE, PERFECT ARTICULATED SPECIMEN IN THE FINEST POSSIBLE PRESERVATION WORLD FAMOUS FOSSIL SITE! 2" in length if straightened SOLD MV14-005 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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