The DNA comes from the remains of a turtle shell first uncovered in 2015 in the Chagres Formation on Panama’s Caribbean coast. It represents the oldest known fossil evidence of Lepidochelys turtles.

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Humongous Turtle Shell Unearthed. This shows an 8-million-year-old turtle shell that measured nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) was ...

A newly discovered early turtle fossil from 228 million years ago is missing something crucial: its shell. But in the long, intriguing tale of turtle evolution, turtles didn't always have it all -- ...

Currently, only seven species of sea turtles exist. Among them are two in the genus Lepidochelys: the olive ridley and the Kemp’s ridley. Despite being among the most common sea turtles in much of the ...

JACKSONVILLE — A 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle fossil, discovered by an Alabama family on a fishing trip, has provided groundbreaking insights thanks to research conducted in part by Dr.

A team of paleontologists studying the fossilized shell of a sea turtle from the Miocene Epoch found something surprising and perhaps impossible: preserved bone cells that they believe may contain ...

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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 ...