"The first known ancestor of Archelon, and of all turtles, was discovered in Africa, where it lived more than two-hundred million years ago. It took about twenty-five million years after that (in Triassic times) for the true turtles to develop. From then on they flourished, spreading to all continents of the world as well as living in the seas. Unlike the dinosaurs, which became well established at about the same time, these awkward, lumbering reptiles survived to be part of our modern world. Sometimes they are called 'living fossils.'"
~ from The Real Book About Prehistoric Life by Dorothy Shuttlesworth
Turtles are really neat! They lived with the dinosaurs, and here they are. Makes me feel really good to know that I've stopped to help them cross the road, and that I saw this one in our yard and just let it be.
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