Fragments of a shell and limb bones of tortoise (Testudinidae: Testudo s. l.) were
found in the Lower Pleistocene deposits of the Taurida Cave, Crimean Peninsula. The
remains belong to a relatively large individual with a shell of about 35 cm in length,
which is larger than the modern Mediterranean representatives of Testudo s. l. The
specimen is the first testudinid record in the Pleistocene of Crimea and apparently
represents the last testudinid on the peninsula.
