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Harun Yahya

is obscured by the lack of early fossils, although turtles leave more and better fossil remains than do other
vertebrates. By the middle of the Triassic Period (about 200,000,000 years ago) turtles were numerous and in
possession of basic turtle characteristics… Intermediates between turtles and cotylosaurs, reptiles from
which turtles [supposedly] sprang, are entirely lacking." 70
Thus Robert Carroll is also forced to say that the earliest turtles are encountered in Triassic formations in

Germany and that these are easily distinguished from other species thanks to their hard shells, which are
very similar to those of specimens living today. He then goes on to say that no trace of earlier or more prim-
itive turtles has ever been identified, although turtles fossilize very easily and are easily recognized even if
only very small parts are found. 71
All these types of living things emerged suddenly and independently. This fact is a scientific proof that
they were created.

Flying Reptiles

One interesting group within the reptile class are flying reptiles. These first emerged some 200 million

years ago in the Upper Triassic, but subsequently became extinct. These creatures were all reptiles, because
they possessed all the fundamental characteristics of the reptile class. They were cold-blooded (i.e., they
could not regulate their own internal heat) and their bodies were covered in scales. But they possessed pow-
erful wings, and it is thought that these allowed them to fly.
Flying reptiles are portrayed in some popular evolutionist publications as paleontological discoveries

that support Darwinism—at least, that is the impression given. However, the origin of flying reptiles is actu-
ally a real problem for the theory of evolution. The clearest indication of this is that flying reptiles emerged
suddenly and fully formed, with no intermediate form between them and terrestrial reptiles. Flying reptiles
possessed perfectly created wings, which no terrestrial reptile possesses. No half-winged creature has ever
been encountered in the fossil record.
In any case, no half-winged creature could have lived, because if these imaginary creatures had existed,

they would have been at a grave disadvantage compared to other reptiles, having lost their front legs but
being still unable to fly. In that event, according to
evolution's own rules, they would have been
eliminated and become extinct.

A Eudimorphodon fossil, one of the old-
est species of flying reptiles. This speci-
men, found in northern Italy, is some
220 million years old.

A fossil flying reptile of
the species
Pterodactylus kochi.
This specimen, found in
Bavaria, is about 240
million years old.

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