Shell shock: Triassic reptile was 'grandfather' of all turtles
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 13:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It looked like an odd lizard with a bulky body and only the skeletal precursor of a shell, but scientists say 240 million-year-old fossils unearthed in a quarry in southern Germany represent the grandfather of all turtles.