Fossil Discovery in Patagonia Reveals New Species of Horned Turtle

Jun 9, 2026 - 16:00
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Fossil Discovery in Patagonia Reveals New Species of Horned Turtle
An artist’s impression of Patagoniaemys aeschyli. Image credit: Nawel Vazquez / Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’ / CONICET.

Paleontologists have identified a new species of meiolaniform turtle from northern Patagonia, Argentina, that lived during the Maastrichtian age, just before the asteroid-triggered mass extinction that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs.

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