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vertebrae and the
closely positioned zygapophyses of the pleurodires, the
cryptodires’
vertebrae take on the
opposite shape.
Their cervical vertebrae are more...
- Platychelyidae, from the Late Jur****ic. The
oldest known unambiguous cryptodire is Sinaspideretes, a
close relative of softs**** turtles, from the Late...
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Tenerife giant tortoise (Centrochelys burchardi) is an
extinct species of
cryptodire turtle in the
family Testudinidae endemic to the
island of Tenerife, in...
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Canaria giant tortoise (Centrochelys vulcanica) is an
extinct species of
cryptodire turtle in the
family Testudinidae endemic to the
island of Gran Canaria...
- tortoise, and the
Negev tortoise, is a
critically endangered species of
cryptodire turtle in the
family Testudinidae. The
species is
native to
Libya and...
- Late Jur****ic of
Europe and the Americas,
while the
oldest unambiguous cryptodire, Sinaspideretes, an
early relative of softs**** turtles, is
known from...
- also part of the carapace,
fully fused with it. This is not the case in
Cryptodires which have a
floating pelvis. The
anterior bridge strut and posterior...
- guineafowl).
Scattered Haversian canals are also
found in
ectotherms like
cryptodire turtles.
Among extinct groups,
dense Haversian vascularization is only...
- the sides,
Platychelys retracted its neck inwards,
similar to
modern cryptodire turtles.
Platychelys is
strongly morphologically similar to mata mata...
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genus Thal****odromeus in 2014. In 1992, it was
identified as a
basal cryptodire, and as a
meiolaniid in the
early 2010's.
Later phylogenetic analysis...
