Every Time Things Have Evolved Into Turtles

Throughout the history of life, convergent evolution has resulted in all sorts of creatures evolving to look very similar to one another. One of the most interesting examples is the case of the repeatedly evolving turtles - the Placodonts, the Saurosphargids, the Glyptodonts, and even the Ankylosaurs. Join our Discord server:   / discord   Support us on Patreon:   / bengthomas   Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1PIEagv Music by Geographer Subscribe to explore the wonderful life around you! Social Media: ►Twitter:   / bengthomas42   ►Instagram: http://bit.ly/1PIEagv ►Subreddit:   / bengthomas   Sources: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... https://link.springer.com/article/10.... https://www.nature.com/articles/natur... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... https://www.nature.com/articles/natur... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.117... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1... https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... https://sjpp.springeropen.com/article... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1... https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Sea-Re... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... https://link.springer.com/article/10.... https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... https://elifesciences.org/articles/83163 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomm... https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1... https://archive.org/details/cranialan... https://archive.org/details/dermalarm... https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com... https://www.cell.com/current-biology/... https://link.springer.com/article/10.... https://www.amazon.com/Princeton-Fiel... https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.... https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do... https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Conc... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1... https://d.wanfangdata.com.cn/periodic... 0:00 - Introduction 1:03 - Turtle Evolution 9:10 - The Saurosphargids 15:30 - The Placodonts 21:41 - The Glyptodonts 23:59 - The Ankylosaurs