Fossil turtle didn't have a shell yet, but had the first toothless turtle beak

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There are a couple of key features that make a turtle a turtle: its shell, for one, but also its toothless beak. A newly-discovered fossil turtle that lived 228 million years ago is shedding light on how modern turtles developed these traits. It had a beak, but while its body was Frisbee-shaped, its wide ribs hadn't grown to form a shell like we see in turtles today.
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Fossil turtle didn't have a shell yet, but had the first toothless turtle beak was originally posted by Health Nutrition And Fitness News