-
elements of the
plastron are also
largely in pairs.
Anteriorly there are two
epiplastra, with the
hyoplastra behind them.
These enclose the
singular entoplastron...
- frontmost-portion of the
lower carapace) was
forked and very thick. Such
forked epiplastra are
found in some
living tortoises,
where they are used for
combat and...
- be
distinguished from all
other turtles by
their strongly projecting epiplastra,
vertebral scutes shaped like
ginkgo leaves, the
absence of
temporal arches...
-
skeletal elements consist of a
single entoplastron, as well as
paired epiplastra, entoplastra, hyoplastra,
hypoplastra and
xiphiplastra (Pritchard & Trebbau...
- the
presence of a
carotid fenestra,
cruciform plastron with strap-like
epiplastra, and a lack of extragulars.
Anatolemys Central Asia, Late
Cretaceous (...
-
between the
first pair of costals;
plates co****ly
pitted and vermiculate.
Epiplastra narrowly separated from each
other in
front of the ontoplastron, which...
-
cleithrum present; arrow-shaped
entoplastron that does not
separate the
epiplastra anteriorly; one pair of
mesoplastra that meet medially; one
small pair...
