1.10" Cretaceous Fossil Turtle (Trionyx) Claw - Montana

Cretaceous Fossil Turtle (Trionyx) Claw - Montana #319760

This is a foot claw from a turtle (Trionyx sp.), collected from the Hell Creek Formation in Dawson County, Montana. The claw measures 1.10" long (straightline) and is exceptionally well preserved.

Comes with an acrylic display case.

Trionyx is a genus of softshell turned that first appears in the Jurassic and is still alive today.

Because of its age and sedimentary composition, the Hell Creek Formation has become one of the most paleontologically studied areas in the world. 158 genera of animals and 64 genera of plants are known from the formation and new discoveries are made frequently. In addition to Tyrannosaurs, Ceratopsids, and Hadrosaurs, the formation has yielded remains of amphibians, reptiles, lizards, snakes and turtles, fish and sharks, avian and non-avian dinosaurs, and mammals. The Hell Creek Formation gives the most complete understanding of the environment just before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction.

SPECIES

Trionyx sp.

AGE

Late Cretaceous (~66 Million Years)