Carbonemys Facts and Figures

Carbonemys Facts and Figures Name: Carbonemys (Greek for coal turtle); articulated vehicle BON-eh-miss Territory: Marshes of South America Verifiable Epoch: Paleocene (60 million years prior) Size and Weight: Around 10 feet in length and one ton Diet: Little creatures Recognizing Characteristics: Enormous size; extensive shell; amazing jaws About Carbonemys Its fitting that the name Carbonemys begins with vehicle, since this Paleocene turtle was about the size of a little car (and, considering its gigantic mass and inhumane digestion, it most likely didnt get amazing gas mileage). Found in 2005, yet just reported to the world in 2012, Carbonemys was a long way from the greatest ancient turtle that at any point lived; two Cretaceous turtles that went before it by a huge number of years, Archelonâ and Protostega, were presumably twice as substantial. Carbonemys wasnt even the greatest pleurodire (side-necked) turtle ever, outmaneuvered by Stupendemys, which lived more than 50 million years after the fact. So why has Carbonemys been getting so much consideration? All things considered, for a certain something, Volkswagen Beetle-sized turtles arent found each day. For another, Carbonemys was outfitted with a bizarrely amazing arrangement of jaws, which drives scientistss to hypothesize that this goliath turtle devoured equivalently measured well evolved creatures and reptiles, perhaps including crocodiles. Furthermore, for a third, Carbonemys imparted its South American environment to the one-ton ancient snake Titanoboa, which might not have been above chowing down on the periodic turtle when conditions requested!