Image shows the perfectly preserved turtle fossil of Solnhofia parsonsi, undated photo. Researchers from the University of Tuebingen, Germany, believe it dates back to about 150 million years ago. Note: Licensed content. (Felix Augustin, University of Tuebingen/Newsflash)
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28 July 2023
Archaeologists have discovered a beautifully preserved fossil of an extinct turtle that thrived when the south of Europe was still a tropical paradise 150 million years ago. The so far best-conserved specimen of the extinct animal - Solnhofia parsonsi - was reportedly found in limestone...