Fossilized Mating Turtles

 

 

Mating TurtlesClues from fossilized mating turtles (pictured left) point to an enormous and sudden geological event. In last week’s edition of Biology Letters published by the Royal Society, Walter Joyce (pictured right) of Geosciences at the University of Tübingen in Germany. The letter, entitled “Caught in the act: the first record of copulating fossil vertebrates,” updates information on the fossilized turtles discovered 30 years ago.

ABC News, BBC News, National Geographic, New York Daily News, MSNBC, and FOX News, along with the journals of Nature and Science, featured the story. With nine pairs of fossilized mating turtles simultaneously captured in intercourse, these findings are unparalleled. Examining the interplay of natural factors is crucial for understanding the processes of preservation involved in these distinctively entombed turtles.

Continue Reading

Pin It on Pinterest