Pappochelys
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pappochelys-281-13287931
title:
Pappochelys
text:
Pappochelys is an extinct genus of diapsid reptile possibly related to turtles. The genus contains only one species, Pappochelys rosinae, from the Middle Triassic of Germany, which was named by paleontologists Rainer Schoch and Hans-Dieter Sues in 2015. The discovery of Pappochelys provides strong support for the placement of turtles within Diapsida, a hypothesis that has long been suggested by molecular data, but never previously by the fossil record. It is morphologically intermediate between
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description:
Extinct genus of reptiles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappochelys
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date modified:
2023-12-03T18:21:51Z
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