Based on body fossils, the first proto-turtles are believed to have existed in the late Triassic Period of the Mesozoic era, about 220 million years ago, and ...
In these early fossils (most of the genus Proganochelys), the marginal teeth have already been ...
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (the crown group of the superorder Chelonia...
The fossilized carapace (shell) of a turtle from the Hell Creek formation of eastern Montana, USA; about 65 million years ago. These turtles lived in the rivers, lakes ...
Until now the genus Psephophorus has been known only from Tertiary sediments in Europe, Egypt and the United States. Five specimens from mid Eocene ...
Order Testudines (turtles): 356 species found on all continents except Antarctica and ...
Reptile fossils are important fossil finds from the Fossil Butte Member (FBM). Aquatic (water
Order Testudines. The University of Michigan ...
... the turtle order, Testudines (or Chelonia), splits into two suborders,
Cretaceous marine turtle fossils are abundant within Santonian to