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Sea Change for Turtle Origins? -- Stokstad 2008 (1126): 3 -- ScienceNOW

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A recent fossil discovery, the Odontochelys represents an early stage of turtle history during which they were evolving their shells while living in water. They were found in 220-million-year-old rocks near Guanling, in southwestern China and pushes the age of turtle origins back.

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Interesting and another bit of datum to add to evolution's s by nightgaunt on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:42:34 AM