First known turtle swam on the half shell
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 15:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A half-shell turtle species that swam in China's coastal waters 220 million years ago is the oldest turtle known to date, a new analysis of fossils reveals. The turtle had a belly shell, but its back was basically bare of armor.
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