Science Reporter magazine
Science Reporter magazine
228 Million-Year-Old Fossil Turtle has Beak but No Shell
Ancient fossil turtles missed out on something that is one of the identifying
features in present-day turtles the
shell. The fossil was found in the Guizotprovince of China and estimated, to
have the size of a double bed; scientists dated the material back to 228
million years.
science reporter magazine subscription The structure of the
back of the turtle tells that it existed without a shell. Researchers named it eorhynchochelyssinensis which means "Dawn turtle with a break
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