Paleontologists have identified a new species of softshell turtle from a partial carapace found in North Dakota, the United States. Hutchemys walkerorum. Image credit: Sergey Krasovskiy. Hutchemys walkerorum lived 66.5 million years ago, during a period when giant dinosaurs — including Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops — roamed Earth. The ancient turtle was less than 30 cm (one foot) long and inhabited ponds, streams, and slow-moving rivers. It...
