This Ancient Turtle Survived the Extinction Event That Killed T. Rex

“The mighty dinosaurs fell, and the lowly turtle survived.”

But it remained at Appalachian State University until 2013, when research on it finally began.

The ancient one, however, had larger and stronger bones covering its stomach and abdominal area.

It’s rare to find an occurrence of these turtles prior to the dinosaur-ending extinction event, researchers said.

It was also the easternmost occurrence of this softshell turtle genus from the Cretaceous Period.