Stylemys nebrascensis, turtle Deinonychus " - Jeff Meldrum

" - Jeff Meldrum

Location: Grand County

but this remains inconclusive

by a workman named Johann Veran during archaeological excavations at a paleolithic site near Willendorf

The 3 images at right are of the original bone

Stylemys nebrascensis, turtle Deinonychus " - Jeff MeldrumStylemys (which means "pillar mouse") nebrascensis was the first fossil genus of dry land tortoise, which belonged to the order Testudines, to be discovered in the United States. It was first described by Dr. Joseph Leidy in 1851. Stylemys was common in the prehistoric Badlands of South Dakota and Nebraska. They lived in the temperate to subtropical areas of North America, Asia and Europe. Stylemys ranged from the late Eocene to early Oligocene. The