Scientists analyzed two fossils resembling leaves and realized they were the rare shells of baby turtles that lived in South America during the time of dinosaurs.

Previous fossil discoveries from the site include dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, ichthyosaurs, turtles and crocodile relatives called crocodylopmorphs dated from the Early Cretaceous Period ...

Previous fossil discoveries from the site include dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, ichthyosaurs, turtles and crocodile relatives called crocodylopmorphs dated from the Early Cretaceous Period ...

The fossil first described in 2003 was originally interpreted to be a plant. Researchers have now discovered that it is the inside of the shell of a baby turtle.

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Tirtouga is a blue turtle with a deeper blue shell, markings on its face and spots on its front flippers. At level 37, he can ...

The fossils are said to date back to a time between 132 and 113 million years ago. That puts them in the age of the dinosaurs. Another unusual thing about the find was that the baby turtles were ...

It turns out, this fossil 'plant' is really a fossil baby turtle. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 15, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 12 / 231207160838.htm ...

Usually, real-world paleontology is a lot less wiggly; the nature of a fossil is generally set in stone (puns!). Sometimes, a particular fossi.