Thursday, 23 August 2018

Prehistoric turtle lacked a shell, but had a beak

Eorhynchochelys, depicted in its natural habitat

In the past decade, scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of two prehistoric turtles that had a partial shell, but that lacked the toothless beak of modern turtles. Recently, however, a fossil turtle was found that had no shell at all, but that did have a beak. It's given scientists a new understanding of the animals' evolution.

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