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| − | + | ==Fossil of Ancient Pregnant Turtle Discovered== | |
| − | :'' | + | [[Image:Turtles-20080827_Canada_Fossil of Ancient Pregnant Turtle Discovered.jpg|thumb|right|'''Features of the five crushed eggs discovered inside the fossil turtle's body cavity suggested the female turtle would have laid them in a matter of days.''' Credit: Darla Zelenitsky, University of Calgary.]] |
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| − | + | :''A turtle that toddled alongside the dinosaurs died just days before laying a clutch of eggs.'' | |
| − | [http://www. | + | :''Scientists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Canada discovered the turtle in 1999 in a mud-filled channel in the badlands of southeastern Alberta. Then, in 2005, University of Calgary scientists found a nest of 26 eggs laid by another female of the same species in the same region.'' |
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| − | {{recentview_b}} | + | :''The pregnant turtle represents the first fossil turtle to be unearthed with eggs still inside the body cavity, the scientists say. '' |
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| + | [http://www.livescience.com/animals/080827-pregnant-turtle.html more >>] | ||
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