Car-Sized Turtle

Giant turtle was found in Columbia. This giant turtle was the size of a small car. In fact, the turtle head was the size of a football. This giant turtle lived 60 million years ago in South America. it was discovered in 2005. The turtle was found in a coal mine. Thus, the turtle was named Carbonemys cofrinii. This is it's name because it means coal turtle. the turtle belonged to a group called pelomedusoides. The turtle's skull was the most complete of the fossils that remained.