Paleontologist have discovered a new turtle fossil that lived almost 60 million years ago. Named Puentemys mushaisaensis and was found in La Puente pit in Cerrejón Coal Mine in northwestern South America. La Puente pit in Cerrejón Coal Mine in northwestern South America has been made famous for its other fossil finds, including the extinct Titanoboa cerrejonensis, two crocodile species, Cerrejonisuchus... 

Paleontologists from North Carolina State University (NCSU) have examined the turtle fossil found in 2005 in a Colombia coal mine. In 2005 the turtle fossil was given the name Carbonemys cofrinii, which means “coal turtle.” Researchers say Carbonemys cofrinii belongs to a group of side-necked turtles known as pelomedusoides.  The turtle is believed to have lived 60 million years ago and...