Monster Turtle Fossil Discovered In Colombian Mine

Monster Turtle Fossil Discovered In Colombian Mine, NPR – New York Bureau, May 25, 2012. Reporting in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, researchers write of discovering a car-sized turtle they named Carbonemys cofrinii. Edwin Cadena, who found the fossil, describes the giant reptile’s lifestyle 60 million years ago. Edwin Cadena, graduate student at NC State, is featured.