Flying turtles in the earliest trees of life: scientific transparency in the phylogenetic works of Ernst Haeckel

Abstract The evolutionary origin of turtles has long been debated, and recent studies continue to provide conflicting results. In some of the first trees of organisms ever drafted, Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) placed turtles close to birds based on morphological arguments. He only later became convince...

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Main Authors: Ingmar Werneburg, Uwe Hoßfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-03-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00355-8
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