Pappochelys is a fossil species recently discovered from the Middle Triassic of Germany. It has features intermediate between the stem-turtle Odontochelys from the Late Triassic and Eunotosaurus, a reptile from the Middle Permian. Eunotosaurus had a turtle-like figure and wide, flat ribs, while Odontochelys had a fully developed body plate. Pappochelys appears to be the link between the two species, as it possesses broad and sturdy ribs and the beginnings of a bony plate on its underside.
http://www.pulseheadlines.com/newly-discovered-fossil-explains-evolution-turtles-shell/2347/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappochelys
More and more of these "gaps" keep getting filled every year, it seems....hmmmmm...
http://www.pulseheadlines.com/newly-discovered-fossil-explains-evolution-turtles-shell/2347/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappochelys
More and more of these "gaps" keep getting filled every year, it seems....hmmmmm...