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Fossilized remains of a turtle believed to have lived in a swampy environment ago have been recovered from a desert location in southern New Mexico.

石化的烏龜遺體據信應該是生活在數千萬年前的沼澤環境裡，其已在新墨西哥州南方的沙漠地帶被復原。

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that scientists and volunteers from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History excavated the fossilized turtle found on federal property near Truth or Consequences last week.

「克魯西太陽新聞」報導，來自新墨西哥自然史博物館的科學家和志工，上週開挖這具在知名溫泉郡「真理或結果」附近國有地內發現的烏龜化石。

The team first scoured ground at the site for loose pieces of fossilized bone and turtle shell, which were placed in bags.

工作團隊一開始先沖洗地面，以鬆開石化的骨頭和烏龜殼，再把這些石化的骨頭和烏龜殼一個個放入袋子裡。