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Reptile relationships turn turtle⃛

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  • Michael S. Y. Lee

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney)

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Turtles are so anatomically bizarre that their affinities with other reptiles remain contentious. Wilkinson et al.1 showed how even the extensive morphological information amassed by Rieppel and deBraga2,3 provides only weak support for their view that turtles are advanced diapsid reptiles, rather than descendants of primitive anapsid reptiles, as conventionally thought. But there seem to be errors in Rieppel and deBraga's data matrix, many involving turtles or their putative ‘anapsid’ relatives4,5. I have corrected and reanalysed the data (see ‘Incorrectly coded characters’, overleaf), and find that Rieppel and deBraga's data actually support, rather than challenge, the traditional view.

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  • Michael S. Y. Lee, 1997. "Reptile relationships turn turtle⃛," Nature, Nature, vol. 389(6648), pages 245-245, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:389:y:1997:i:6648:d:10.1038_38422
    DOI: 10.1038/38422
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