In China found fossils of ancient giant turtle
In China found fossils of ancient giant turtle She lived about 228 million years ago; she had a toothless beak, but no shell. Upstairs Paleontologists have discovered in China the fossils of ancient turtles that lived approximately 228 million years ago. As scientists have identified, the individual belongs to a new, previously unknown mind Eorhynchochelys sinensis. NewsLife on Earth was much older The oldest known turtle was thought Odontochelys semitestacea: individuals of this species did not have a carapace (dorsal shield) but had a plastron — the protection of the belly, and had a beak — though with teeth, unlike modern turtles. The oldest remains of Odontochelys semitestacea date from roughly 220 million years. Discovered turtle (a new kind Eorhynchochelys sinensis), as scholars have noted, reached a length of over 180 centimeters, had a strange, disc-shaped body and a long tail and lived probably in shallow water. Have Eorhynchochelys sinensis,