Turtle Shells and Flying Pigs
9:33 pm
Diagram of IVPP V 13240, Paratype of Odontochelys semitestacea. After Li et al. 2008.
Zach Miller, who runs the blog When Pigs Fly Returns, has a good-sized post up about the origin of turtle shells, especially in light of the recent discoveries of Chinlechelys and Odontochelys. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the same issues, and I’ve started by coming up with some color-coded diagrams of these unique Triassic testudines to look at how the different bones of the shell are expressed and interpreted. I’ll post more about them here eventually, but Zach’s been able to put them to good use in his latest post, How the Turtle Got Its Shell. Check it out!
Thanks for the link, sir! I plan on posting the Chinlechelys picture tomorrow mornin’…
No problem Zach – glad you could put these pictures to good use.
Dear Matt Celeskey,
is it possible to make use of the diagramm of Odontochelys? What are the conditions to make use of it?
Kind regards,
Klaus Rehfeld
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