Turtles as hopeful monsters : origins and evolution / Olivier Rieppel.
Where do turtles hail from' Why and how did they acquire shells' These questions have spurred heated debate and intense research for more than two hundred years. Brilliantly weaving evidence from the latest paleontological discoveries with an accessible, incisive look at different theories...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from JSTOR |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017] |
| Series: | Life of the past.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : turtles as hopeful monsters
- Misplaced turtles
- Reptile classification and evolution
- Levels of evolution
- Hopeful monsters
- The turtle shell
- Fossil hunting in China.