Ancient Plant Fossils Revealed as Rare Fossilized Baby Turtles
TL;DR
This week in turtles, researchers discovered that oval fossils previously identified as ancient plant species were actually turtle hatchlings. Jonathan, the world's oldest living land animal, celebrated his 191st birthday. Marvin the turtle reached a milestone by producing a large turd, causing his caretaker to be late for a holiday party.
- This Week in Turtles Defector
- It turns out, this fossil plant is really a fossil baby turtle EurekAlert
- Meet ‘Turtwig,’ an ancient turtle species once thought to be a plant CNN
- Plant fossils turn out to be turtles in ‘unusual misidentification’ The Guardian
- 120 million-year-old 'plants' turn out to be ultra-rare fossilized baby turtles Livescience.com
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