A developmental staging system and musculoskeletal development sequence of the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus).
Daniel Smith-ParedesArianna LordDalton MeyerBhart-Anjan S BhullarPublished in: Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists (2020)
Several potential skeletal and muscular apomorphies of turtles are identified or elaborated. The musk turtle, with its small size and hard-shelled egg, could become an important species for the study of turtle evolution and development, suitable for in ovo experimentation and late stage imaging of well-advanced anatomical features.