Giant Turtle with a Rounded Shell - Reptiles Ruled When Dinosaurs Died Out
Palaeontologists and field workers have been marvelling at the latest discovery of huge reptile fossils from Columbia's Cerrejon coal mine. After the dinosaurs died out, there were many gaps in ecosystems, these were rapidly filled by animals that had survived the Cretaceous mass extinction event that saw the demise of the Dinosauria. In the geological time period that followed the Cretaceous, known as the Palaeogene, global temperatures soared and planet Earth became a paradise for those reptile genera that survived.
Sixty Million Year Old Giant Turtle
The research team have uncovered the carapace of another enormous freshwater turtle from the coal mine.
Palaeontologists and field workers have been marvelling at the latest discovery of huge reptile fossils from Columbia's Cerrejon coal mine. After the dinosaurs died out, there were many gaps in ecosystems, these were rapidly filled by animals that had survived the Cretaceous mass extinction event that saw the demise of the Dinosauria. In the geological time period that followed the Cretaceous, known as the Palaeogene, global temperatures soared and planet Earth became a paradise for those reptile genera that survived.
Sixty Million Year Old Giant Turtle
The research team have uncovered the carapace of another enormous freshwater turtle from the coal mine.