Homology of the enigmatic nuchal bone reveals novel reorganization of the shoulder girdle in the evolution of the turtle shell

Evolutionary Origin of the Turtle Shell

(2013) Tyler R. Lyson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evolution of the turtle bauplan: the topological relationship of the scapula relative to the ribcage

(2012) T. R. Lyson et al.   Biology Letters

More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs

(2012) N. G. Crawford et al.   Biology Letters

Phylogenomic analyses support the position of turtles as the sister group of birds and crocodiles (Archosauria)

(2012) Ylenia Chiari et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

MicroRNAs support a turtle + lizard clade

(2011) T. R. Lyson et al.   Biology Letters

The Bipedal Stem CrocodilianPoposaurus gracilis: Inferring Function in Fossils and Innovation in Archosaur Locomotion

(2011) Jacques A. Gauthier et al.   Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

Reassessment of the phylogenetic interrelationships of basal turtles (Testudinata)

(2011) Jérémy Anquetin   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Multiple Genome Alignments Facilitate Development of NPCL Markers: A Case Study of Tetrapod Phylogeny Focusing on the Position of Turtles

(2011) X.-X. Shen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A new turtle from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Patagonia, Argentina, with remarks on the evolution of the vertebral column in turtles

(2011) JULIANA STERLI et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Transitional fossils and the origin of turtles

(2010) T. R. Lyson et al.   Biology Letters

Turtles all the way down: loggerheads at the root of the chelonian tree

(2009) Tyler Lyson et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Skeletal development in the Chinese soft-shelled turtlePelodiscus sinensis(Testudines: Trionychidae)

(2009) Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Evolution of the Turtle Body Plan by the Folding and Creation of New Muscle Connections

(2009) H. Nagashima et al.   SCIENCE

A new, nearly complete stem turtle from the Jurassic of South America with implications for turtle evolution

(2008) J. Sterli   Biology Letters

From fish to modern humans - comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the head and neck musculature

(2008) R. Diogo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

The ontogeny of the shell in side‐necked turtles, with emphasis on the homologies of costal and neural bones

(2008) Torsten M. Scheyer et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China

(2008) Chun Li et al.   NATURE

Ventastega curonica and the origin of tetrapod morphology

(2008) Per E. Ahlberg et al.   NATURE