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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...
- 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...
- 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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Phosphatochelys ("phosphate turtle") is an
extinct genus of
bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was
discovered near Oued Zem, Morocco. The
genus consists...
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Ilatardia is an
extinct genus of
bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was
discovered in the
Farin Doutchi Formation of Niger. The
genus consists solely...
-
Bothremys is an
extinct genus of
bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was
discovered near Gloucester, New Jersey. The
genus consists of type
species B...
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Rhothonemys is an
extinct genus of
bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was
discovered in the
Paleogene of Morocco. The
genus consists solely of type species...
- broad-s****ed
river turtle, or broad-s****ed snake-necked turtle, is a
pleurodiran freshwater turtle found in south-eastern and
eastern Australia. It is...
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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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Platychelyidae is an
extinct family of pan-
pleurodiran turtles,
known from the Late Jur****ic and
Early Cretaceous of Europe,
South America,
North America...
