Starting in the late 19th century, most paleontologists thought that turtles belonged in the clade we now call parareptilia, because they shared the same basic skull structure with other parareptiles.
从 19 世纪后期开始, 大多数古生物学家认为海龟属于我们现在称为副爬行动物的进化枝,因为它们与其他副爬行动物具有相同的基本头骨结构。