Olivier Rieppel is Rowe Family Curator of Evolutionary Biology at the Field Museum in Chicago. He is on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed scientific journals, and has himself published more than 350 scientific papers and eight books.

This book is a highly enjoyable romp through the intellectual history of evolutionary biology, using turtle evolution as its red thread. (Natural History Book Service) Ultimately, the book should be read by anyone interested in the history of evolutionary biology, in herpetology and palaeoherpetology, or in turtles specifically. . . . now that we know that Rieppel can produce volumes of this quality and readability, I say: more please.(Palaeontologia Electronica)

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Misplaced Turtles2. Reptile Classification and Evolution3. Levels of Evolution4. Hopeful Monsters5. The Turtle Shell6. Fossil Hunting in ChinaBibliographyIndex

Olivier Rieppel is Rowe Family Curator of Evolutionary Biology at the Field Museum in Chicago. He is on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed scientific journals, and has himself published more than 350 scientific papers and eight books.

This book is a highly enjoyable romp through the intellectual history of evolutionary biology, using turtle evolution as its red thread. (Natural History Book Service) Ultimately, the book should be read by anyone interested in the history of evolutionary biology, in herpetology and palaeoherpetology, or in turtles specifically. . . . now that we know that Rieppel can produce volumes of this quality and readability, I say: more please.(Palaeontologia Electronica)

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Misplaced Turtles2. Reptile Classification and Evolution3. Levels of Evolution4. Hopeful Monsters5. The Turtle Shell6. Fossil Hunting in ChinaBibliographyIndex