3-D Scans of a Reunited Turtle Bone (IMAGE)

Drexel University

3-D Scans of a Reunited Turtle Bone

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A 3-D scan of the two broken turtle limb fossils from Atlantocheyls mortoni shows a detailed view of their surfaces. Paleontologists from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and from the New Jersey State Museum concluded that these two fossils came from the same animal, despite being discovered separately at least 163 years apart.

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Credit: Jesse Pruitt, Idaho Museum of Natural History

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