Origin of the unique morphology of the shoulder girdle in turtles

The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan

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The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage

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3D reconstructions of quail–chick chimeras provide a new fate map of the avian scapula

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A somitic contribution to the pectoral girdle in the axolotl revealed by long-term fate mapping

(2011) Nadine Piekarski et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

A new Triassic marine reptile from southwestern China

(2011) Chun Li et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Assembling the history of the Parareptilia: phylogeny, diversification, and a new definition of the clade

(2009) Linda A. Tsuji et al.   FOSSIL RECORD

An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China

(2008) Chun Li et al.   NATURE