Turtle evolution: Reconstruction

Rainer Schoch, Stuttgart Natural History Museum
June 24, 2015
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Rainer Schoch, Stuttgart Natural History Museum

Pappochelys could grow up to 8 inches in length, had a long tail and used its tiny, peg-like teeth to feed on small insects and worms in what is now southern Germany. In June 2015, an international team of researchers from the United States and Germany discovered this new extinct species of reptile and identified a key missing link in the evolutionary history of turtles.

(Image credit: Rainer Schoch, Stuttgart Natural History Museum)