Reconstruction of An Ancient Slider Turtle (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Reconstruction of An Ancient Slider Turtle

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Trachemys haugrudi represents a new species of fossil turtle that lived in what is now eastern Tennessee more than 5.5 million years ago.

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Illustration by Mary P. Williams

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