Evolução da carapaça das tartarugas ao longo dos anos

Bem o video seguinte é ilustrativo da evolução da carapaça das tartarugas ao longo de milhares de anos, neste caso trata-se de uma cheldyra.



Fonte: The paper, published in Current Biology, can be found here: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/a...
Animation by Stroma Studios
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Resumo: Evolution of the turtle shell based on developmental and fossil data. This animation is based on the work of Dr. Tyler Lyson, currently at the Smithsonian Institution The animation shows how various fossils, particularly Eunotosaurus and Odontochelys, bridge the morphological gap between a generalized animal body plan to the highly modified body plan found in living turtles.

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