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Newly-Discovered Freshwater Turtle Species Survived Dinosaur Extinction

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Newly-Discovered Freshwater Turtle Species Survived Dinosaur Extinction
A reconstruction of Tavachelydra stevensoni basking on a log in a ponded water environment. Image credit: Andrey Atuchin.

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of stem-chelydrid turtle using complete fossilized shells and associated material found in the Early Paleocene Denver Formation in Colorado.

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