-
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...
- 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...
- Dermochelyidae, Emydidae, Kinosternidae,
Testudinidae and
Trionychidae are all
cryptodires,
although the
ability to
retract the head has been lost in the sea turtles...
-
includes two families: Dermatemydidae, and Kinosternidae.
Kinosternoids are
cryptodires,
turtles whose necks are able to
retract within their s****. Molecular...
-
being split among pleurodires and
cryptodires.
Gaffney at the time
argued that
meiolaniids were not just
cryptodires, but eucryptodires,
placing them as...
- controversial. They are
typically interpreted as stem or
crown group cryptodires, but some more
recent analyses have
found them to lie
outside crown group...
-
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...
