A remarkably complete and well-preserved fossil has revealed that at least some of these mighty hunters had flipper scales ...
The fossil that was originally interpreted to be a plant, but researchers have now discovered is the inside of the shell of a baby turtle. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...
“The configuration of the fossil turtle suggests that the shell was possibly trodden on by a large sauropod dinosaur,” reads a paper on the finding which was published by the Swiss Journal of ...
The stratum contains many fossils of dinosaurs and other reptiles, including turtle eggs. The fossil excavated in 2003 was stored as a turtle fossil because of its plate-like shape and thickness.