Giant Turtles the Size of a Car Discovered in South America

“This enormous creature lived in a lake(s), but, now it’s the Andes. ”

— Charlotte

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GIANT TURTLES THE SIZE OF A CAR DISCOVERED IN SOUTH AMERICA

_____Charlotte_____

Edwen Cadena is a scientist who discovered a fossil the size of a car. This fossil is a giant turtle that goes back 5 million years ago. They found the fossil of the Stupendemys geographicus in The Andes mountain range. They discovered this extinct species in the 1970s and didn’t know much about them until now! This enormous creature apparently lived in a lake(s), but now it’s The Andes. The scientists were surprised when they found out that apparently, the male Stupendemys had horns! Meaning, they would fight. These giant turtles died around 5 million years ago. You see, the world doesn’t exactly last forever; the area turned into a mountain, which dried up all the lakes. These magnificent creatures became slowly but surely into fossils.

Works Cited

“Turtles the Size of a Car Once Roamed Earth; Scientists Just Found Their Fossils.” Newsela , newsela.com/read/giant-turtle-fossils/id/2001005653/?collection_id=341&search_id=0c4d3644- 1bf4-4ea8-b320-627a2570589e.

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