- The
turtle s**** is a
shield for the
ventral and
dorsal parts of
turtles (the
order Testudines),
completely enclosing all the
vital organs of the turtle...
- plastron, its underside,
comprises (from head-most to tail-most) the
epiplastron, the entoplastron,
which is
small and
wedged in
between the
former and...
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openings for the limbs, and is
relatively thin
despite its size,
though the
epiplastron (the frontmost-portion of the
lower carapace) was
forked and very thick...
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Images Podocnemididae indet.
Incertae sedis Centenario Bridge Right epiplastron A side-necked
turtle Rhinoclemmys R.
panamaensis Centenario Bridge S****...
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Ancestral turtle features of the s****
include nine
costal scutes and an
epiplastron with a
dorsal process.
Derived features shared with
early turtles like...
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distinct parts. At the
anterior end of the plastron, the
first part is the
epiplastron,
followed by the entoplastron. The next two
divisions are the hyoplastron...
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Fossil of
Chelodina murrayi. The
right epiplastron (part of the plastron, or
lower s****) is
shown in
multiple views: (A) ventral, (B) dorsal, (C) front...
