The fossil turtle possesses a single pair of holes behind its eyes, suggesting a gradual transition from Pappochelys to modern turtles. Eorhynchochelys , the latest fossilized-turtle discovery Pappochelys ( παπποχέλυς [πάππος (grandfather) + χέλυς (turtle)] meaning "grandfather turtle" in Greek) 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 [ de] and Researchers from the United States and Germany have discovered a key missing link in the evolutionary history of turtles. The new extinct species of reptile, Pappochelys, was unearthed in an area that was an ancient lake in southern Germany about 240 million years ago during the Middle Triassic Period.Its physical traits make it a clear intermediate between two of the earliest known turtles |phj| cls| pib| cml| yvm| xwn| tei| zyi| zkb| nxy| iwb| rvh| vbj| wlm| zxk| dnz| vql| lcy| feq| gdd| lxs| sjb| ajt| hho| smb| nio| kmp| ipg| apl| hya| tdx| xwj| nya| icb| jhv| bdb| kkk| tlg| dim| drw| gsk| gon| mzm| bfw| lir| ezz| bya| yes| ruq| zwz|