This Giant Ancient Turtle Dwarfs Its Modern Ancestors

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...
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Rock Climbers In Italy Stumble Upon Evidence Of An 80-Million-Year-Old Sea Turtle Stampede

Grooves in the limestone at Italy's Monte Cònero may have been left by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake 80 million years ago ...
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Meet The Ancient Turtle That Outlived The Dinosaurs — And Is Still Laying Eggs Today

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...
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30+ extinct animals that vanished off the face of the earth

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...
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Prehistoric turtle was size and shape of a big car tire

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The most peculiar feature of this new turtle is its extremely circular shell, about the size and shape of a big car tire.
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Stampeding Turtles Might Have Made Fossil Tracks in Italian Cliffs

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea. By Carolyn Wilke Rocky cliffs run into the Adriatic Sea near Ancona, Italy. There, above the ...
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Prehistoric and ancient historic interactions between humans and marine turtles

Frazier, John G. 2003. "Prehistoric and ancient historic interactions between humans and marine turtles." In The Biology of Sea Turtles. Lutz, P., Musick, J., and ...