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.