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I am looking to purchase a tortoise fossil for a while, and stumbled upon a listing for a fairly large stylemys nebrascensis for a pretty decent price. I have contacted the seller and he assured no restoration and a 100% authenticity. Just trying to gather opinions about the fossil and its authencity, and if there's any restorations/repairs. Thank you.
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What are the characteristics of a White River turtle shell that can differentiate between Stylemys and Gopherus (Testudo)?
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So I've lurked on the forum for some time and decided to post my project. This is a stylemys tortoise that I've had since high school. It was really never worth recovering, being incomplete and completely disarticulated due to weathering. It was also somewhat crushed with only the plastron being in decent shape. Despite the challenge, I've decided to push onward, because it's got sentimental value at this point. The plastron was pretty easy to assemble: I have about 75% of the carapace (comprising the vertebral and costal scutes) but I only have about 50% of the edge (marginal scutes). This was the really painful part. Everything visible here was re-assembled from small disarticulated pieces: Here's some more carapace and all the leftover bits: My original hope was that I'd have enough to re-assemble the entire shell as one piece, without having to fill the holes. However it's clear that I don't really have a complete shell, nor is the bone strong enough to support itself without filling the gaps. In particular I'm missing most of the bridge connecting the carapace to the plastron. The plan now is to use epoxy to fill in the missing shell where necessary. I am undecided as to what extent I will try to color match the restoration (versus leaving it a different color to identify the restoration). Steve
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Dear TFF members, I am seeking confirmation of the class and order of vertebrate to which these vertebrae belong. This is a ventral view. I am thinking turtle caudal vertebrae. White River Group. Nebraska. Oligocene. Scale in cm/mm
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After prepping the big Stylemys that I recovered in Nebraska this summer, it seemed a shame to have spent all that time on the plastron only to have it sitting on a shelf out of view. So today I welded together a stand for it. I wanted the part upon which the tortoise rests to have as small a footprint as possible, because my idea was to use a mirror or mirrors to make the plastron visible to observers. Of course the angle of the mirror will depend on the height of the shelf where the tortoise is displayed. At just below eye level, this set up works reasonably well. If positioned below eye-level, this set-up works well (showing even more of the plastron).
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Stylemys auction nervousness
Rob_P posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
So I may or may not get killed for my recent purchase, I jumped at it when I received a offer and now I'm freaking out a bit. Could you please help confirm that this indeed real and then possibly I'll be out of hot water. Thanks!!! -
I'm looking for some information on predation of Stylemys, I can't seem to find any information on it, other than "tortoises are often found with damage from alligators" Thanks in advance
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I've just received a massive tortoise prep job, which will be my summer project. It measures nearly 14 inches long, and somewhere around 12 inches wide. At its peak it's six inches tall. This will be quite the project (though after I clean and replace the broken side, it'll be a breeze compared to some other preps) I'm still in the planning proccess of this prep but I'll start by assembling the smalles peices togethor, and work up to larger chunks. I'm glad to actually be on the forum again.
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Any ideas on how to remove the green lichen staining from this partially weathered turtle without doing damage?
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