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Oligocene giant tortoises!
Topic Started: Mar 9 2016, 08:26 PM (510 Views)
Yi Qi
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http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2vf0k82q#page-1

and a few insights about the Mehrten formation of CA.
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CyborgIguana
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Just how big is it? Skimmed the paper and couldn't find any info on that specifically.
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babehunter1324
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Well the scalebar in the figure showing the fossils is 4 cm so the partial plastron is around 40 cm's I think...

The whole shell would be between 70 to 110 cm's I think.
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heliosphoros
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Oligocene giant tortoises are known from Egypt and other african locations. Now there's a north american species.
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