- in the
present day or as a fossil. Like all
pleurodirous turtles, the
chelids withdraw their necks sideways into
their s****,
differing from cryptodires...
-
known as snake-necked turtles, is a
large and
diverse genus of long-necked
chelid turtles with a
complicated nomenclatural history.
Although in the past,...
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Wabanbara is an
extinct genus of
chelid turtle that
lived during the
Middle Miocene.
Wabanbara ringtailensis is
known from the
Riversleigh World Heritage...
- the
fossils that have been
recovered from the formation.
Indeterminate chelid remains and
other vertebrates have also been
discovered in this formation...
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Yaminuechelys is an
extinct genus of
chelid turtle from
Argentina and the
Dorotea Formation of Chile. The
genus first appeared during the Late Cretaceous...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 196
species Endangered (EN): 382
species Vulnerable (VU): 411
species Near threatened...
- The tail also has
haemal arches, a
feature lost in all
other Australian chelids.
While haemal arches are do****ented in many
cryptodiran species (including...
- Fuente,
Marcelo S.; Holley, J. Alfredo; Sterli,
Juliana (2025-03-05). "A new
chelid turtle (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the
Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina"...
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Patagonian vertebrate ****ociations,
preserving fish
including dipnoans and gar,
chelid turtles, squamates, sphenodonts,
neosuchian crocodilians, and a wide variety...
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bones in
chelid turtles".
Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 2: 82–86. Rhodin, A.G.J. & Mittermeier, R.A. (1977). "Neural
bones in
chelid turtles from...