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‘Missing link’ turtle was swimming with dinosaurs
A previously unknown species of primitive turtle made the move from land to water 164 million years ago, fossils found on the Isle of Skye indicate.
Excavations on the island have yielded the remains of at least six turtles that learnt to swim during the age of the dinosaurs.
Eileanchelys waldmani, the species that started swimming in the island’s lakes and lagoons, represents the missing link...
