cropped Harry Green fossil gopherus hexagonatus credit Christopher Bell.jpg

Person holding fossilized tortoise eggs next to a fossilized tortoise shell.
Photo By/Credit

Christopher Bell

Date Shot/Created
12/27/2023
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Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
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Herpetologist Dr. Harry Greene, Professor Emeritus at Cornell University, holds fossilized eggs next to a fossilized shell of the extinct Gopherus hexagonatus tortoise species that was native to North America. This species went extinct toward the end of the Pleistocene (ice age).
Species
Gopherus
Subject tags
Extinction
Reptiles