Tag Archive for 'Marine turtle'

Artistic reconstruction of Craspedochelys renzi and the shallow marine ecosystem where inhabited; the forelimbs with a flippler like shape is based on the most complete thalassochelydian known so far, Thalassemys bruntrutana. Image credit: Juan Giraldo.

Early Cretaceous Fossil in Swiss Museum Found to Be New Species of Marine Turtle

Sep 8, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new species of the extinct turtle genus Craspedochelys based on a remarkable fossil shell and some of its postcranial...

Cadena et al. found DNA traces in the 6-million-year-old carapace of a Lepidochelys turtle. Image credit: Edwin Cadena, Universidad del Rosario & STRI.

Scientists Find Tiny Traces of DNA in 6-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell

Sep 29, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Researchers from the Universidad del Rosario, the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the Field Museum of Natural...