Tag: turtle
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Alabama family’s fishing trip leads to 32-million-year fossil find
Yellow Hammer News has a story about an unexpected catch on a family fishing trip in Alabama. They found a 32 million year old (Oligocene) turtle in the bank of the river. It turns out the animal was not known to science and has now been named for their family, Coleman… Ueloca colemanorum. The animal’s…
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Newly discovered fossil of giant turtle is named after Stephen King novel character
Phys.org has a story about a new described giant turtle from the Brazilian Amazon. The new species, Peltocephalus maturin, lived during the late Pleistocene, between 40,000 an 9,000 years ago. It was described by Dr. Gabriel S. Ferreira from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen. The name P.…
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Fossil Friday #33: Tylosaurus and Turtle at KU
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #33. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! If you get a chance to check…
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Turtle the Size of a Small Car
Via NC State University: (hat tip Floyd) – “… A prehistoric turtle big enough to eat crocodiles has been discovered in Columbia. The turtle lived about 60-million-years ago, and was about the size of a small car. The fossils were discovered in a coal mine in northern Colombia, in 2005. And has thusly been named…
