the skull of Pappochelys diapsid, as opposed to the anapsid skulls of turtles that lack any temporal fenestrae. Fossils of Pappochelys come from a rock...

of an ancestral turtle fossil, Pappochelys rosinae, provides additional clues as to how the plastron formed. Pappochelys serves as an intermediate form...

supported once the issues were corrected. Lichtig & Lucas (2021) proposed Pappochelys was related to sauropterygians, Eunotosaurus was a caseid synapsid, and...

of Testudinata. However, the thorax region is markedly different from Pappochelys and Odontochelys and more similar to Eunotosaurus in lacking a shell...

turtle's shell. The stem-turtles Eunotosaurus of the Middle Permian, Pappochelys of the Middle Triassic, and Eorhynchochelys of the Late Triassic lacked...

†Pappochelys...

"dwarf" pareiasaurs, such as Pumiliopareia. However, the discovery of Pappochelys argues against a potential pareisaurian relationship to turtles, and...

their skull openings. Genetic studies and the discovery of the Triassic Pappochelys have shown that this is also the case in turtles, which are actually...

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1421428673. Pappochelys Stygimoloch Anzu Daemonosaurus Afrovenator Levnesovia Sarahsaurus Saurornitholestes...

turtle with a half-shell") is a Late Triassic relative of turtles before Pappochelys was discovered and Eunotosaurus was redescribed, Odontochelys was considered...