Kiddie Pool-Sized Shell of Extinct Turtle Found in Colombian Mine
Discover Magazine - Tue 22 May 12 Kiddie Pool-Sized Shell of Extinct Turtle Found in Colombian Mine, Discover Magazine - Tue 22 May 12Researchers reveal ancient giant turtle fossil
Phys.org - Thu 17 May 12Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State University have found just such a specimen – the ...
Ancient turtle was as big as small car
FOXNews - Sat 19 May 12A turtle the size of a small car once roamed what is now South America 60 million years ago, suggests its fossilized remains.
Discovered: The turtle the size of a SmartCar - which would have hunted crocodiles in prehistoric lakes
Daily Mail - Fri 18 May 12The paleontologists found bite-marks showing that crocodiles preyed on these South American turtles - but the crocodiles themselves would have been easy prey for an adult.
Car-Sized Turtle Found in Colombian Coal Mine
Discovery News - Fri 18 May 12This prehistoric species had massive, powerful jaws that would have enabled it to eat anything -- even crocodiles.
Smart Car Sized Turtle Roamed Colombia
Livescience - Thu 17 May 12The 60 million year old giant turtle would have snacked on small crocodiles.
Giant prehistoric freshwater turtle discovered
Mongabay.com - Fri 18 May 12Researchers working in Colombia has discovered the fossilized remains of a giant freshwater turtle that lived some 60 million years ago.
Ancient giant turtle fossil revealed
Biology News - Thu 17 May 12This is a reconstruction of Carbonemys preying upon a small crocodylomorph. Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists from ...
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Huge Turtle Was Titanoboa’s Neighbor
Wired Science Blogs - Thu 17 May 12The Age of Dinosaurs ended about 66 million years ago. Granted, avian dinosaurs are still fluttering about, but all the fantastic non-avian forms - the sauropods, tyrannosaurs, ankylosaurs, ...
Fossil of giant turtle found in Colombia
UPI - Thu 17 May 12RALEIGH, N.C., May 17 (UPI) -- Paleontologists say they've found fossilized remains of an ancient turtle with a shell the size of a small car that lived 60 million years ago in South America.
Ancient Giant Turtle Could Give Gators A Run For Their Money
RedOrbit - Fri 18 May 12Brett Smith for Redorbit.com Florida paleontologists digging in a northern Colombia coal mine have discovered the remains of a giant turtle so big it was capable of snacking on ancient alligators, ...
UF researchers name new extinct giant turtle found near world's largest snake
Eurekalert - Thu 17 May 12University of Florida researchers have described a new extinct giant turtle species from the same Colombian mine where they discovered Titanoboa -- and one of the only animals the world's largest ...