-
vertebrae and the
closely positioned zygapophyses of the pleurodires, the
cryptodires’
vertebrae take on the
opposite shape.
Their cervical vertebrae are more...
- Late Jur****ic of
Europe and the Americas,
while the
oldest unambiguous cryptodire, Sinaspideretes, an
early relative of softs**** turtles, is
known from...
- guineafowl).
Scattered Haversian canals are also
found in
ectotherms like
cryptodire turtles.
Among extinct groups,
dense Haversian vascularization is only...
- tortoise, and the
Negev tortoise, is a
critically endangered species of
cryptodire turtle in the
family Testudinidae. The
species is
native to
Libya and...
- Platychelyidae, from the Late Jur****ic. The
oldest known unambiguous cryptodire is Sinaspideretes, a
close relative of softs**** turtles, from the Late...
-
chelids withdraw their necks sideways into
their s****,
differing from
cryptodires that fold
their necks in the
vertical plane. They are all
highly aquatic...
- chimera: the
postcrania (including the holotype)
belong to a non-marine stem-
cryptodire,
whilst the
crania belong to sea turtles. In 2005, the
referred material...
- 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...
-
Tenerife giant tortoise (Centrochelys burchardi) is an
extinct species of
cryptodire turtle in the
family Testudinidae endemic to the
island of Tenerife, in...
- 2010-02-04. G. R.
Wieland (1896). "Archelon
ischyros : a new
gigantic cryptodire testudinate from the Fort
Pierre Cretaceous of
South Dakota". American...
