Shell-cracking turtles defied mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period

The mass extinction at the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods was catastrophic, wiping out much of life on ...
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Shell-cracking turtles were more likely to survive the end-Cretaceous

Turtles that crushed hard-shelled prey like clams and snails were reported to be more than five times more likely to survive ...
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Shell-less ancestor of turtles revealed through holes in its head

A 260 million-year-old fossil has been determined to be the oldest ancestor of turtles found to date, revealing something about the reptile's mysterious past. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...
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The Return of Giant Skin-Shell Sea Turtles

The biggest turtle ever described wasn’t an ancestor of today’s leatherback turtles or any other living sea turtles. But it looks like there are some things about being a giant, skin-shelled sea ...