Archeology
Ancient giant turtle as big as a rhinoceros, extinct 66 million years ago salvaged
A specimen of one of the largest turtles ever known, measuring nearly 4 metres long, has been found in Spanish waters.
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Colombia discovered giant turtle fossils dating back 57 million years ago
The expedition's leader said the fossil of Puentemys mushaisaensis, estimated to be about 1.5 meters long, was found in the mountainous municipality of Socha, northeaste…
Archeology
A one-meter-long statue of a turtle sunk beneath a reservoir
The archaeological team unearthed a one-meter-long statue of a turtle submerged in a reservoir near the sacred temple.
Archeology
Discover the 'bizarre' life form of ancient land turtles
Asteroids thought to have wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago also left nearly 75% of all species on our planet extinct.
Archeology
Fossils of giant tortoise-eating snakes found in South America
Stupendemys geographicus, the tortoise with strong horns lived 13 to 7 million years ago in the same period as the giant crocodile.
Archeology
Tooth turtles can last more than 100 million years ago
A new archaeological finding suggests that the tortoise can survive more than 100 million years ago compared to a few dozen million years ago.
Archeology
Japan discovered 70 million-year-old fossil turtle
Japanese researchers say they have found the head of a fossilized sea turtle about 70 million years old.
Archeology
Detected a half-ton turtle when repairing graves
On the morning of March 21, hundreds of people in Trieu Giang commune (Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province) still rushed to watch the ancient turtles discovered at…
Archeology
Detecting turtle fossils mating
German scientists first discovered fossils of a vertebrate species - including humans - in a working position