Description
- Tortoise Spur – Most likely Hesperotestudo sp.
- Pleistocene Age
- Suwanee River
- Dixie County Florida
- This genuine fossil tortoise spur measures 1.63″ long
Hesperotestudo (“Western turtle”) is an extinct genus of tortoise native to North and Central America from the Oligocene to the Late Pleistocene. Species of Hesperotesudo varied widely in size, with the largest species reaching sizes comparable to extant giant tortoises, with carapaces over a metre (3.3 ft) in length.
