Scientists unearth 240M-year-old fossils of world's oldest turtle

Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 08:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

It looked like an odd lizard with a bulky body and only the skeletal precursor of a shell, but scientists say 240 million-year-old fossils unearthed in a quarry in southern Germany represent the grandfather of all turtles.

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