Atlantochelys Explained

Atlantochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. For 163 years, only a partial humerus was known, but the second part of the same bone was found in 2012.[1] [2] [3] The full size has been extrapolated as being .[4]

Notes and References

  1. Parris, D., Schein, J., Daeschler, E., Gilmore, E., Poole, J., Pellegrini, R. Two halves make a holotype: two hundred years between discoveries. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163. ISSN 0097-3157.
  2. Web site: Paleontologists assemble giant turtle bone from fossil discoveries made centuries apart.
  3. News: Monster turtle fossils re-united. BBC News. 25 March 2014.
  4. Web site: Missing Half of Bone Reveals Prehistoric Sea Giant. Wynne. Parry. March 25, 2014. LiveScience. December 23, 2018.

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