Italian Climbers Do Not Give Credit: They Find Fossils of Sea Turtles Fleeing an Earthquake 80 Million Years Ago

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Climbers who traveled a mountainous area of northern Italy detected unusual marks on a rock wall. It looked like a simple geological irregularity, but ended up becoming a finding of great scientific value. Subsequent analyses confirmed that these were dozens of fossil footprints of sea turtles from about 80 million years ago. Footsteps reflect a fast and coordinated displacement. They find fossil footprints of sea turtles in Italy during a prehi…