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Re: questions about the Odontochelys study



--- On Sun, 11/30/08, David Peters <davidpeters@att.net> wrote:

> Which species on the non-turtle side of the equation?


Placodonts if I remember correctly. Interestingly, if one removes 
sauropterygians from the mix, turtles fall back into the anapsid camp, thus 
calling into question whether or not turtle relations with sauropterygians are 
a result of homology, or just convergence.

Jason