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‘It Blew All Of Our Minds’: A 48-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell Was Found By An 11-Year-Old In Wyoming

Eleven-year-old Touren Pope was hunting for rocks in southwest Wyoming when he came across the fossil of a soft-shelled ...
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11-year-old goes rock hunting — then he finds a 48-million-year-old turtle

Kids’ summer adventures often end in finding cool rocks. But 11-year-old Touren Pope found a prehistoric turtle. Back in July ...
New York Post

My ‘Ninja Turtle baby’ boy was born with a shell — he’s my superhero

A Clearwater, Florida, infant who was born with a growth on his back was dubbed “little Ninja Turtle” by his parents, as it resembled a “turtle shell.” James McCallum, 19 months, was given the ...
Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Nevada boy who found a turtle fossil in Wyoming now helping work on its preservation

Touren Pope took a few days off school the second week of February, but this was not just some regular family vacation.
Cowboy State Daily

11-Year-Old Finds 48-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell in Southwest Wyoming

Touren Pope was rockhounding in the Greater Green River Basin when he found a remarkable foot-long fossil. It turned out to be the shell of a ...
University of Delaware

Turtle power

Article by Molly Schafer Photos courtesy of Molly Schafer, Mat Smith, Andy Tocydlowski, Maya Walker, Jim White, Kenneth Geisert and University Archives September 10, 2024 The discovery of a ...