A dinosaur stepped on turtle a long time ago

[DavidBrown]

150 million years ago a sauropod dinosaur smushed a turtle. It sounds like the set up for a joke, but it looks like it really happened.


How Did an Ancient Sea Turtle End Up Under a Dinosaur’s Foot?

 

[Anniella]

150 million years ago a sauropod dinosaur smushed a turtle. It sounds like the set up for a joke, but it looks like it really happened.


How Did an Ancient Sea Turtle End Up Under a Dinosaur’s Foot?

It would even be more hilarious if the turtle shell or some other poor animal was found buried under the coprolite of a giant sauropod. That would be a crappier way to get preserved for millions of years.

 

[Yi Qi]

It would even be more hilarious if the turtle shell or some other poor animal was found buried under the coprolite of a giant sauropod. That would be a crappier way to get preserved for millions of years.

We all see what you did there.