A Middle Triassic stem-turtle and the evolution of the turtle body plan
@article{Schoch2015AMT, title={A Middle Triassic stem-turtle and the evolution of the turtle body plan}, author={R. Schoch and H. Sues}, journal={Nature}, year={2015}, volume={523}, pages={584-587} }
The origin and early evolution of turtles have long been major contentious issues in vertebrate zoology. This is due to conflicting character evidence from molecules and morphology and a lack of transitional fossils from the critical time interval. The ∼220-million-year-old stem-turtle Odontochelys from China has a partly formed shell and many turtle-like features in its postcranial skeleton. Unlike the 214-million-year-old Proganochelys from Germany and Thailand, it retains marginal teeth and… CONTINUE READING
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