title: Palaeontology: turtles in transition.
abstract: One of the major remaining gaps in the vertebrate fossil record concerns the origin of turtles. The enigmatic little reptile Eunotosaurus could represent an important transitional form, as it has a rudimentary shell that resembles the turtle carapace.
authors.affiliation: Earth Sciences Section, South Australian Museum, North Tce, Adelaide 5000, Australia. mike.lee@samuseum.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: Michael S Y
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D060105:Animal Shells / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D014426:Turtles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*