Looks like a turtle without its shell. Are the scientists sure it didnt have a shell made of cartilage thats been lost to time?

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I don’t know where this particular fella fits in the history, but turtles evolved from similar quadruped reptiles. Basically, their ribs evolved flat and wide so that their chests could support them better while burrowing tunnels. That turned into the turtle plastron.

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Direct descendent:

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Okay so is this photoshopped or what’s going on here

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hormones

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Also, repeated liposuction and no exercise.

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I feel like this is one of those models we’re completely wrong about.

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Yeah this looks like a stupid degree of shrink wrapping of the neck.

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it’s

Yes it is.

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I don’t understand how they used it correctly and then didn’t

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