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Fossil of giant turtle found in Colombia

Fossil of giant turtle found in Colombia, Intrepid Report; also UPI.com; Bio-Medicince, AsiaOne, Jakarta PostMay 18, 2012.  Paleontologists say they’ve found fossilized remains of an ancient turtle with a shell the size of a small car that lived 60 million years ago in South America. Dan Ksepka, an NCSU paleontologist and a research associate at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, and NCSU doctoral student Edwin Cadena are featured.