Axestemys (Turtle) Skeleton Cast champsosaurus and even the individual fibers

and even the individual fibers that make up the feathers on the specimen's wings

and weighed 500 lbs

Despite their small size

and weighing nearly half a ton- this carnivore was not the frilled

Axestemys (Turtle) Skeleton Cast champsosaurus and even the individual fibersThis incredible cast was molded off of the real fossil skeleton of the prehistoric turtle Axestemys, from the Green River Formation of Wyoming, USA. Found in incredible condition and entirely complete, there's even a small fish also preserved in the top right corner of the plate! Comes on a custom hardwood prop stand. Axestemys was a large freshwater soft shelled turtle that lived in the Eocene age Green River Formation in Wyoming, about 50 million