Ancient tracks may record stampede of turtles disturbed by earthquake

 

The possible turtle tracks at Monte Cònero, Italy. Image courtesy of Paolo Sandroni

 Joel Kontinen

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 Ancient tracks may record stampede of turtles disturbed by earthquake | New Scientist 21 November

Turtle's shells

 

 Image courtesy of Mila Zinkova, Wikipedia.

Joel Kontinen

According to evolutionists, how did turtles get their shells? Now a study shows ‘that the shell “was formed through the fusion of osteoderms — bony deposits that make up the protective scales on crocodiles and armadillos.”

That does not take into account the intelligent design of turtles. They have always ben turtles and speculations do not solve the trick.

 Source:

Elise Poore 2024. How 10 animals evolved their iconic features | Live Science  6 January.

 

'Oldest' Case of Bone Cancer Is Diagnosed in a 240-Million-Year-Old Turtle

Joel Kontinen

The Fall that we hear about in Genesis 4, brought about cancer in humans and animals.

While evolution cannot create life, it can create cancer.

The latest episode is in “240 million” years old cancer, seen in a Triassic period turtle.

“Researchers over at the Museum of Natural History, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity in Berlin, Germany imaged the fossilized left femur of the shell-less turtle, called Pappochelys rosinae. The bone had been discovered in southwestern Germany in 2013.

A co-author Dr. Bruce Rothschild said, “what it looked like was a malignant periosteal osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer.. This type of cancer has been previously reported in a Triassic amphibian, but this is likely the oldest instance found in an Triassic amniote.”

Source:

Saplakoglu, Yasemin. 2019, 'Oldest' Case of Bone Cancer Is Diagnosed in a 240-Million-Year-Old Shell-Less Turtle. Live Science (7 February).