Rieppel, Olivier, <br/><br/>
Turtles as hopeful monsters :  origins and evolution / 
Olivier Rieppel. 
 - vii, 206 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color), color map ;  27 cm. 
 - Life of the past .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : turtles as hopeful monsters -- Misplaced turtles -- Reptile classification and evolution -- Levels of evolution -- Hopeful monsters -- The turtle shell -- Fossil hunting in China. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253024756 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016031981 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Turtles.<br/>Turtles--Evolution.<br/>Reptiles--Evolution.<br/>Evolutionary paleobiology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL666.C5  / R57 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>597.92