Paleontologists assemble giant turtle bone from fossil discoveries made centuries apart
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 18:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The two partial limb fossils from the ancient sea turtle Atlantochelys mortoni fit together perfectly, leaving little room for doubt that they are from the same bone. "As soon as those two halves came together, like puzzle pieces, you knew it," said Ted Daeschler, PhD, associate curator of vertebrate zoology and vice president for collections at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.