• DOI:10.1038/nature14472
Corpus ID: 205243837

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}
}

R. Schoch, H. Sues

Published 2015

Biology, Medicine

Nature

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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