The possible turtle tracks at Monte Cònero, Italy. Image courtesy of Paolo Sandroni
Can turtles leave track some 100 meters above the sea in Italy during the Cretaceous period? Turtles are sea creatures. Some say that it happened in 83 million years ago. They were probably left by Noah's flood some 4,500 years ago.
Around 1000
markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the period may have
been made by sea turtle flippers and swiftly buried by an earthquake.
Free
climbers discovered the unusual features in an area that is off limits to the
public on the slopes of Monte Cònero on Italy’s east coast.
There are
more than 1000 prints in two locations – one more than 100 metres above the
ocean, and a second shelf that has fallen to La Vela beach. These rocks
consist of limestone that formed from fine sediment on a shallow seabed in the
Cretaceous period.
Source:
James Woodford 2025
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