The Pleurodira are one of the two living suborders of turtles, the other being the Cryptodira. The division between these two suborders represents a very...
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from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked turtles), which differ...
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Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. The family...
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water bodies and is an opportunistic feeder. It is a side-necked turtle (Pleurodira), meaning that it bends its head sideways into its shell rather than pulling...
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(2007-04-19). "Autopodial skeleton evolution in side-necked turtles (Pleurodira): Pleurodire autopodial evolution" (PDF). Acta Zoologica. 88 (3): 199–209...
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Langer, M. C. (2024). "The latest freshwater giants: a new Peltocephalus (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) turtle from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Amazon"...
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Redbank Plains, Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the Chelidae Pleurodira. The fossil has been dated to the Eocene Epoch. Chelodina insculpta de...
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New data on the early diversification of Pelomedusoides (Testudines, Pleurodira) in northern Gondwana". Cretaceous Research. 102: 112–126. doi:10.1016/j...
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is a cladogram found by Sterli in 2010 in a phylogenetic analysis of Pleurodira: Below is a cladogram found by Joyce in 2007 in his publication on turtle...
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their shells. Side-neck turtles are classified as members of the suborder Pleurodira. Podocnemis unifilis is a large turtle, and can grow up to 45 cm long...
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