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cervicals allow the neck to fold onto
itself in the
vertical plane.
Pleurodirans also
differ from
cryptodirans in the
emarginations of
their skulls. Skull...
- The two
groups differ in the way the neck is
retracted for protection.
Pleurodirans retract their neck to the side and in
front of the
shoulder girdles,...
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Taphrosphys is an
extinct genus of
bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was
discovered Angola,
Morocco and the
United States. The
genus consists of type...
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Sokatra is an
extinct genus of
pleurodiran turtle,
known from the
Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Maevarano Formation of Madagascar. It
belongs to the family...
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Inaechelys is a
potentially dubious genus of
bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was
discovered in the
Maria Farinha Formation of Brazil. The
genus consists...
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Dortokidae is an
extinct family of
freshwater pan-
pleurodiran turtles,
known from the
Cretaceous and
Paleocene of Europe. Only four
species have been...
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Eotaphrosphys is an
extinct genus of
bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was
discovered in the Mont Aime Formation, France.
Originally ****igned to the...
- and the
Pleurodirans. The
distinction between these two
suborders is
based on the mode in
which they
cover their head and neck. The
Pleurodirans, also called...
- broad-s****ed snake-necked turtle, or
giant snake-necked turtle, is a
pleurodiran freshwater turtle and is the
largest of the long-necked turtles. It is...
- snapping,
alligator snapping, and
Pacific pond turtles), the only
other pleurodiran with
haemal arches is the mata mata of
South America. It is probably...