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Pappochelys rosinae
Reconstruction of Pappochelys rosinae (圖片來源:Rainer Schoch,採用 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權) Age Triassic(Ladinian) 240 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Clade: Pantestudines Genus: Pappochelys Species: Pappochelys rosinae Morphological description Pappochelys rosinae was a small stem-turtle, with an estimated adult total length of less than about 20 cm. Its overall body outline had already shifted clearly toward the turtle body plan, but it still lacked a

演化之聲
Mar 274 min read


Ocepechelon bouyai
Reconstruction of Ocepechelon bouyai (圖片來源:Bardet N et al. (2013),採用 CC BY 2.5 授權) Age Cretaceous(Maastrichtian) ~67 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Protostegidae Genus: Ocepechelon Species: Ocepechelon bouyai Morphological description The fossil of the narrow-snouted phosphate turtle Ocepechelon bouyai is based on a gigantic skull. The skull measures roughly 70 cm in length and about 43 cm in

演化之聲
Mar 113 min read
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