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evidence for
convergent evolution of
specialized suction feeding among pleurodires".
Royal Society Open Science. 8 (5): 210098. Bibcode:2021RSOS....810098J...
- it to
tolerate climates that are far
colder than
those that most
other pleurodire turtles occur in,
including southerly and high-altitude
temperate climates...
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Podocnemididae is a
family of
pleurodire (side-necked) turtles, once
widely distributed. Most of its 41
genera and 57
species are now extinct.
Seven of...
- the
narrow vertebrae and the
closely positioned zygapophyses of the
pleurodires, the cryptodires’
vertebrae take on the
opposite shape.
Their cervical...
- the
bridge and the
plastron is
called the
anterior bridge strut. In
Pleurodires the
posterior pelvis is also part of the carapace,
fully fused with it...
- Cryptodira,
diverged by the
beginning of the Late Jur****ic. The
oldest known pleurodires, the Platychelyidae, are
known from the Late Jur****ic of
Europe and the...
-
global dispersal.
During the Late
Cretaceous and Cenozoic,
members of the
pleurodire families Bothremydidae and
Podocnemididae became widely distributed in...
- America, and the Caribbean. It
represents the
oldest known clade of stem-
pleurodires. All
known members have been
found in
marine or
coastal deposits. Despite...
-
unrelated marine testudines, the
pleurodire (side-necked) bothremydids, also
survived well into the Cenozoic.
Other pleurodires are also
thought to have lived...
- an
early tuatara, the
Saint Bathans fauna also
includes meiolaniid and
pleurodire turtles and
possibly mekosuchine crocodylids and snakes.
Besides the Saint...
