Turtles (Testudinata) are the clade of amniotes characterized by a complete turtle shell. New
insights into the phylogeny of the group have revealed that a diverse assemblage of fossil …

Since their recruitment in the oral cavity, approximately 450 million years ago, teeth have
been subjected to strong selective constraints due to the crucial role that they play in species …

In 2008, a Gallup poll showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created man
in his present form within the last 10,000 years. In a Pew Forum poll in the same year, 42 …

The origin of the turtle body plan remains one of the great mysteries of reptile evolution. The
anatomy of turtles is highly derived, which renders it difficult to establish the relationships of …

We present a rank-free phylogenetic nomenclature for 25 well-established ancient clades of
living turtles. This is the first attempt to document fully the nomenclatural history of a clade …

Presented herein is the first morphological analysis of turtle relationships to examine the
monophyly of many turtle groups by using only single species as terminals and by …

The origin and early evolution of turtles have long been major contentious issues in
vertebrate zoology,,,,,,,,,,. This is due to conflicting character evidence from molecules and …

The pterosaurs were a diverse group of Mesozoic flying reptiles that underwent a body plan
reorganization, adaptive radiation, and replacement of earlier forms midway through their …

Evolutionary transitions to marine habitats occurred frequently among Mesozoic reptiles.
Only one such clade survives to the present: sea turtles (Chelonioidea). Other marine turtles …

Transitional fossils informing the origin of turtles are among the most sought-after
discoveries in palaeontology,,,,. Despite strong genomic evidence indicating that turtles …