Origin of the Turtle Shell Lies in Digging (IMAGE)

University of Zurich

Origin of the Turtle Shell Lies in Digging

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Life reconstruction of the early proto-turtle Eunotosaurus (foreground) burrowing into the sediments of a dried-out lake to escape the harsh environmental conditions in South Africa 260 million years ago; in the background, a herd of pareiasaurs of the genus Bradysaurus around a mudhole filled with puddles of water is visible.

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Illustration: Andrey Atuchin

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