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Dr James Rule
@Palaeo_JRule
Evolutionary Biologist obsessed with seals 🦭 | UKRI Fellow @NHM_London | Seal auditory evolution | Research Affiliate @EvansEvoMorph | Tweets mine | he/him
Dec 7, 2021 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
New Paper: A 5 million year old #fossil from Melbourne is the oldest evidence of pig-nosed turtles in Australia, marking a substantial shift in their biogeographic history! 🐢 @Monash_Science
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doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1… Image Meet the pig-nosed turtle: a highly aquatic tropical freshwater turtle, and the only surviving species of carettochelyids.

Native to Northern Territory and New Guinea, with fossils found in the Northern Hemisphere; scientists thought they were recent arrivals to Australia. 2/7 Image