It had a broken left wrist, healing at the time of death, and may have drowned in the volcanic lake at Messel.

左侧腕部骨折，到死亡之前还未愈合，可能是在位于梅塞尔的火山湖里淹死的。

youdao

One reason Ida is so special is her exquisite preservation, and that is because the Messel pit, near Darmstadt in Germany, is a very exceptional place.

艾达化石如此特殊的原因之一就是她保存完美，这是由于位于德国达姆施塔特附近的麦赛尔化石遗址是一个环境非常优越的地方。

youdao

The very fact that so many turtles died while mating at Messel Lake suggests something odd was going on there.

MSN: Fossilized turtles' sex act frozen in time - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience | NBC News

They hired Miami architect Rafael Amuchastegui, a principal of RAD Architecture, who admits he knew little about Messel going into the project but had done "a lot of theme architecture, " like the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas.

FORBES: Palmistry

The researchers suggest that while the upper layers of Messel Lake were hospitable enough to allow turtles to live, its deeper layers may have been a toxic death trap, perhaps from the buildup of volcanic gases or poisonous decaying organic matter.

MSN: Fossilized turtles' sex act frozen in time - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience | NBC News