Fossilization from the Oligocene era, approx. 30 million years old, with a rare reddish color, scientific name: Testudo thomsoni, approx. 13.5 cm tall. The location is the White River Badlands, a national park since 1978, South Dakota (USA) from Mr. Prerer's own quarry and laboratory for preparations. He cooperates with museums around the world and maintains a fossil gallery in Bad Homburg. In 2009, the most famous find from the Messel mine, the monkey “Ida” (a fossil of a primate precursor), was sold to the Natural History Museum in Oslo for around €600,000. A fossil from the Messel mine can also be found in my collection (see Messel). [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: Fossilizations   |   Material: Stein   |   Country of origin: South Dakota, United States   |   Artist: Dr. Thomas Prerer | Similar pieces