66 Million-Year-Old Sea Fossil Discovered in Türkiye's Ankara
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A fossil of a gastropod mollusk, which includes snails and mollusks, that lived on land 66 million years ago, has led scientists to wonder whether they have stumbled upon traces of a sea that once existed near Ankara, Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced, BTA reported. The fossil was discovered during excavations in the Göbaşı region, where there is a lake today. The find has led scientists to suggest that Tethys was located there …
Archaeologists found fossils of some 66 million-year-old abdomen during excavation work at the Kolhoyok site in the Gulbachi area of the Turkish capital, Ankara
Researchers believe ancient inhabitants may have carried the gastropod fossil to 5,000-year-old Kulhoyuk settlement
During excavations at Külhöyük in Gölbaşı district of Ankara, a fossil belonging to a marine creature that lived on the shores of the Tethys Sea 66 million years ago was discovered.
Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced that a fossil of a Gastropoda (a type of snail with a belly that grew up on the shores of the Tethys Sea 66 million years ago) was found during excavations at Külhöyük in Gölbaşı district of Ankara. The fossil was brought to the settlement by the inhabitants of the ancient city thousands of years ago.
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