Evolutionary origin of the turtle skull

G. S. Bever (), Tyler R. Lyson, Daniel J. Field and Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar
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G. S. Bever: New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Tyler R. Lyson: Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Daniel J. Field: Yale University
Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar: Yale University

Nature, 2015, vol. 525, issue 7568, 239-242

Abstract: Computed tomography and phylogenetic analysis of the Eunotosaurus africanus skull suggests that not only is Eunotosaurus an early relative of the group that eventually evolved into turtles, but that it is also a diapsid caught in the act of evolving towards a secondarily anapsid state.

Date: 2015
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