1.48" Cretaceous Fossil Turtle (Toxochelys) Hip Bone - Kansas

This is a 1.48" late Cretaceous aged fossil skull bone of a marine turtle (Toxochelys sp.). It was found in the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Formation in Kansas, a very fossiliferous marine formation. This is a Pubis, one of the bones that makes up the pelvic girdle. There is light wear at the points of contact with neighboring bones, and heavy erosion towards the proximal end.

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