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11-year-old finds 48-million-year-old turtle fossil in Wyoming

Times of India · DistrictNews · 2026-08-26

11-year-old finds 48-million-year-old turtle fossil in Wyoming

What began as a routine family rock-hounding trip in southwest Wyoming turned into a paleontological headline when 11-year-old Touren Pope noticed something unusual poking out of the ground. What he’d spotted was the fossilized shell of a softshell turtle that lived nearly 48 million years ago, preserved in the Bridger Formation of the Greater Green River Basin. 11-year-old finds 48-million-year-old turtle fossil in Wyoming

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