A Study Confirms that Thousands of Giant Turtles Lived on a Missing Island of Italy on the Miocene

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Researchers have identified fossil remains that indicate that thousands of giant turtles lived on an ancient Mediterranean island located in what is now southern Italy. Scientific work is based on detailed analysis of fossils found in the current Gargano peninsula, a territory that during the late Miocene was isolated from the continent. Thanks to this geographical isolation, a population of terrestrial turtles evolved to reach much larger dimen…