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China has evidence of a long fossil turtle record that begins in the . This book presents the history of Chinese fossil turtle evolution dating back to the Late Triassic, 220 mi… Read more
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China has evidence of a long fossil turtle record that begins in the . This book presents the history of Chinese fossil turtle evolution dating back to the Late Triassic, 220 million years ago; their biology and palaeobiogrograpgy; origin of turtles, their early diversification, turtles of the Jehol Biota, turtles and the K/T mass extinction event, and also turtles within Chinese civilization are all explored.
China's turtle fossil record illustrates the major evolutionary events of the group, such as the origin of turtles, early diversifications in the Jurassic and Cretaceous, and the origin of the modern groups. This book explores many new discoveries and the revision of the old collections which greatly improve our knowledge on turtle evolution, biology and paleobiogeography, particularly over the last decades.
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