How the turtle got its shell

Chinese fossil forces palaeontologists to rethink turtle origins.

The discovery, in China, of the oldest known turtle fossil has turned palaeontologists' understanding of the species' origin and ecology on its head.

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Natasha Gilbert
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Gilbert, N. How the turtle got its shell. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.1260

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