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Turtle fossil found in pillar of church demolished after Canterbury quakes

In 2020, Deans was gifted several sections of the pillars extracted cores to use in his work. However, he soon noticed the fossil embedded in one of them and brought it to Canterbury Museum for identification. Senior natural history curator Dr Paul Scofield identified the fossil as a currently unnamed ancient species of turtle - and noticed a connection to another specimen in the museum collection. In 1880, a similar turtle fossil was donated to the museum by James Tait, a prominent Christchurc...
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Piece of 30 million-year-old eochelone turtle found in Canterbury church rock

Piece of 30 million-year-old eochelone turtle found in Canterbury church rock 8 Apr, 2021 03:17 AM 3 minutes to read It is thought the turtle would have been 2-3m long in its day - as long as the biggest turtles in the world today. Photo / 123rf It is thought the turtle would have been 2-3m long in its day - as long as the biggest turtles in the world today. Photo / 123rf Other Paul Deans was sifting through some limestone he was given from the earthquake-destroyed Oxford Terrace Baptist Church...
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Rare 35 million-year-old turtle fossil discovered in earthquake-damaged church pillar in Christchurch

The turtle fossil embedded in the core of a pillar from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. Christchurch sculptor Paul Deans was searching through limestone pillars from an earthquake-damaged church when he uncovered a turtle fossil believed to be about 35 million years old. The pre-historic fossil was embedded in the limestone core of a pillar from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, which was built between 1881 and 1882 in central Christchurch. After the historical church was demolished in ...
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Business Scoop » Fossil Turtle Discovered In Christchurch Church Pillar

Press Release – Canterbury Museum The fossilised remains of a turtle that lived between 25 and 35 million years ago have been found inside a pillar from a historic Christchurch church. The fossilised remains of a turtle that lived between 25 and 35 million years ago have been found inside a pillar from a historic Christchurch church. Christchurch sculptor Paul Deans discovered the fossil embedded in the limestone core of a pillar from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, which was built betwee...
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North-east undertaker hits out at fraudsters trying to con parents buying toys for Christmas

Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A funeral director has condemned fraudsters who are using his business details to con parents buying toys for their children’s Christmas. Paul Deans, who owns Fraserburgh Funeral Services, discovered that his business address and phone number had been used as part of the scam when he began to receive calls from disgruntled customers looking for their orders. After conta...
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