Tortoises Are One of Earth's Oldest Creatures
The
turtle class, of which tortoises are a family, dates back to the late
Triassic period. This age coincides with the first dinosaurs, and unlike
other evolved species, the land turtle has not changed much from that
time period. One difference in the modern tortoise from its ancestor is
that Triassic turtles originally had teeth, while the modern tortoise
has a beak. These early tortoises were already global; fossils have been
found in North America, Britain, China and Germany.
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