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It had a Frisbee-shaped body with wide ribs, but those ribs didn’t contribute to the formation of a shell like in modern turtles.

The species has been dubbed Eorhynchochelys sinensis, which translates to “dawn beak turtle from China,” because it’s essentially the first turtle to have a beak. This new species, found in China’s Guizhou Province, did possess a toothless beak, another key turtle feature.Ī study published Wednesday in the journal Nature details the discovery. A newly discovered early turtle fossil from 228 million years ago is missing something crucial: its shell.īut in the long, intriguing tale of turtle evolution, turtles didn’t always have it all – shell included.