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50-million year-old nummulite exhibited in Turkey's Diyarbakır

A recently discovered 50-million-year-old nummulite, a large lens-shaped single-celled marine organism (foraminifera), was put on display at a museum in Turkey's southeastern province.

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The fossil was exhibited at Zoology Museum in Diyarbakır province, which features around 2,000 endemic animals including a hermit ibis, giant reptile and leopard carp.