Paul Deans and Paul Scofield with the 30 million-year-old piece of turtle. Photo: Geoff Sloan ​Paul Deans was sifting through some limestone he was given from the earthquake-destroyed Oxford Terrace Baptist Church when he made a prehistoric discovery. It turned out to be what Canterbury Museum believes is a piece of shell from an eochelone turtle, which existed 30 million years ago. The piece of turtle discovered is similar to another one on display at the museum found in a piece of limestone from an unknown Christchurch building in 1880. The turtle piece will be on display once Canterbury Museum’s $195 million redevelopment is completed, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 07, 2021 21:56 UTC