CLChilean paleontologists have discovered marine turtle fossils over 30 million years old in Algarrobo, filling a significant gap in the country’s fossil record. The findings include two fragments—part of the lower shell (plastron) and a dorsal rib plate—from the Early to Middle-Late Eocene period (approximately 56 to 34 million years ago). These fossils represent the first evidence of marine turtles from this era in the southeastern Pacific. While the remains do not definitively identify a specific species, they show morphological similarities to modern hard-shelled marine turtles but differ from the leatherback turtle lineage. This discovery provides important biogeographic insights into the evolutionary history of marine turtles in the region.
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