Stampeding Turtles Might Have Made Fossil Tracks in Italian Cliffs

Rocky cliffs run into the Adriatic Sea near Ancona, Italy. There, above the pebbly coast in 2019, rock climbers explored ...
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Climbers discover 83-million-year-old fossils in Italy—where did these traces come from?

A group of climbers discovered fossilized traces in Italy that suggest ancient sea turtles experienced a massive panic. These ...

Nearly 13 million-year-old fossil named after Shakira ‘because they’re huge fans’

Researchers in Colombia have discovered a turtle fossil dating back 13 million years. Found by local farmers, the specimen ...
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32-million-year-old sea turtle fossil discovered in south Alabama

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A fishing trip in south Alabama led to one of the most remarkable fossil finds in the world. The Coleman family was out fishing north of Mobile in 2021 when they spotted ...
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Family Fishing Trip Leads to “One-in-a-Million” Fossil Discovery

MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A family fishing trip in south Alabama led to the remarkable discovery of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle fossil, now identified as a new genus and species ...

13-Million-Year-Old Turtle Fossil Named After Shakira

Researchers in Colombia have discovered a turtle fossil dating back 13 million years. Local farmers found a skull and shell ...

55-Million-Year-Old Backyard Fossil Find Shocks Paleontologists

The discovery of Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells is giving UNSW scientists new insight into the animals and ecosystems that existed millions of years ago, long before Australia separated ...
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Smithsonian-Led Team Discovers North America’s Oldest Known Pterosaur

An artist’s reconstruction of the fossilized landscape, plants and animals found preserved in a remote bonebed in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Illustration by Brian Engh. Note to editors ...