Edwin Cadena at Cerrejon (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Edwin Cadena at Cerrejon

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Deep in Colombia's Cerrejon coal mine, among house-sized trucks, Edwin Cadena discovered Cerrejonemys wayuunaiki, a new species of fossil turtle, which sheds light on the evolution of turtles in the Americas and beyond.

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Edwin Cadena

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