Yay For Turtle Ancestors!
I want to try to make a point of posting a link to articles about new transitional forms as they are discovered, which happens surprisingly often. I’ve done it once before, that I can remember*, and I missed an awesome one that was written about over the summer. I created a special category called Transitional Forms so that there will be a handy list of recent discoveries that people can reference when dealing with creationists.
So, onto today’s link: Odontochelys, a 220 million year old turtle with a shell on bottom, but not on top. Amazingly cool!
Stumble it!
November 26th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Teenage Mutant Ninja proto-turtles; Heroes in a Pre-shell.
November 26th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
A mutant Oligokyphus taught them to be ninja teens (he’s radical cynodont).
November 26th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
But Jason, they only found PARTIAL remains, so how can we possibly prove it to any creationists? FIND ONE ALIVE OR IT DOESN’T EXIST AND EVEN THEN MAYBE NOT.