A gravid fossil turtle from the Early Cretaceous reveals a different egg development strategy to that of extant marine turtles

Extant sea turtles develop and lay pliable (flexible) eggs; however, it is unknown whether they inherited this reproductive strategy from their closer fossil relatives or if it represents an evolutionary novelty. Here, we describe the first undisputable gravid marine fossil turtle ever found, from t...

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2019
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:
Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/22746
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12413
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22746
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Adaptation
Cretaceous
Egg development
Fossil
Reproductive strategy
Turtle
Colombia
Cheloniidae
Protostegidae
Testudines
Fossil eggs
Gravid turtle
Protostegidae
Testudines
Villa de leyva
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