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La tortuga gigante Carbonemys cofrinii, descubierta y descrita por el paleontologo colombiano Edwin Cadena.The Giant turtle Carbonemys cofrinii, discovered and described by the colombian paleontologist Edwin Cadena.
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Wonderful! You did a miraculous job, breath taking, all I can say. I love the flipper texture and his posture of where he's stalking a small croc. This Turtle is close to the very top of the food chain, his only predator to truly fear is if he comes across a full grown Titanoboa. But these snapping killing machines grew to some absurd sizes!
!LOVE. IT!Β
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Actually, this turtle could have been too big for Titanoboa to swallow... but who knows? All we have is some old bones.Β
I hope to make a more "serious" version some time in the future.
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Just a suggestion, regarding to you saying Titanoboa would be unable to swallow a Turtle with such a width of a shell, perhaps you'd like to make a picture that illustrates the giant boa constrictor coiling around its next victim, the giant snapping turtle Carbonemys..
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Most freshwater turtles are carnivorous or at least omnivorous.
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But giant short-necked sidenecks from South America tend to be herbivorous.
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As I said in a previous comment:Β who knows? All we have is some old bones.Β
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So was Carbonemys like a giant snapping turtle?
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I'm not sure. I know that in Stupendemys/Caninemys there are some similarities, and some authors have speculated the same habits for this Miocene turtle. Perhaps it would be best to say that Stupendemys/Caninemys would be something more like giants, side-necked version of a Snapping turtle.
Carbonemys lacks some or the "snapper-like" features seen in Stupendemys and Caninemys. However, as all big freshwater turtles, they will be prone to eat smaller aquatic animals.
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Have you got the source for these "snapping-like" features? I'm really interested
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Exactly, in Meylan, et al. paper, as you said.
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Even if, being only half the expected size (estimated SCL of 1.2-1.5 m), they actually consider Caninemys a different taxa.
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They are being cautious, as the Caninemys is based on a skull and Stupendemys is based in a Shell. When diagnostic parts of the skull are found associated with diagnostic parts of the shell, we will be able to discern if Caninemys and Stupendemys are the same animal.
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Never mind, already found
MeylanΒ et al. 2009
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You are welcome.
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Jajajajaja!! Si... pobre cocodrilito.
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