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63 relations: Adocidae, Aldabra giant tortoise, Americhelydia, Apalone, Articular processes, Asian box turtle, Asian leaf turtle, Baenidae, Basal (phylogenetics), Big-headed turtle, Bothremydidae, Box turtle, Cervical vertebrae, Chelodina, Cheloniidae, Chelydridae, Cretaceous, Crown group, Cryptodira, Ctenochelys, Dermatemydidae, Dermochelyidae, Early Jurassic, Edward Drinker Cope, Emarginachelys, Emydidae, Emys, Eocene, Europe, Eurysternidae, Evolution, Extinction, Fossil, Geoemydidae, Haichemydidae, Hinge joint, Iliocostalis, Jurassic, Kachuga, Kinosternidae, Kinosternoidea, Lindholmemydidae, Longissimus, Order (biology), Paracryptodira, Paraphyly, Pig-nosed turtle, Plesiochelyidae, Pleurodira, Pleurosternidae, ..., Protostegidae, Sea turtle, Sinemydidae, Sinochelyidae, Taxonomic rank, Testudinoidea, The American Naturalist, Tortoise, Trionychia, Trionychidae, Turtle, Vertebra, Xinjiangchelyidae. Expand index (13 more) »
Adocidae
The Adocidae are an extinct family of aquatic and omnivorous turtles.
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Aldabra giant tortoise
The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), from the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, is one of the largest tortoises in the world.
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Americhelydia
Americhelydia is a clade of turtles that consists of sea turtles, snapping turtles, the Central American river turtle and mud turtles, supported by several lines of molecular work.
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Apalone
Apalone is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae.
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Articular processes
The articular processes or zygapophyses (Greek ζυγον.
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Asian box turtle
Asian box turtles are turtles of the genus Cuora in the family Geoemydidae.
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Asian leaf turtle
The Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia.
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Baenidae
Baenidae is an extinct family of cryptodiran turtles that first appeared during the Jurassic, and died out during the Eocene.
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Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
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Big-headed turtle
The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a species of turtle in the family Platysternidae from Southeast Asia and southern China.
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Bothremydidae
Bothremydidae is an extinct family of side-necked turtles.
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Box turtle
Box turtles are North American turtles of the genus Terrapene.
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Cervical vertebrae
In vertebrates, cervical vertebrae (singular: vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull.
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Chelodina
Chelodina, collectively known as snake-necked turtles, is a large and diverse genus of long-necked Chelid turtles with a complicated nomenclatural history.
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Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae is a family of typically large marine turtles that are characterised by their common traits such as, having a flat streamlined wide and rounded shell and almost paddle-like flippers for their forelimbs.
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Chelydridae
The Chelydridae are a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.
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Crown group
In phylogenetics, the crown group of a collection of species consists of the living representatives of the collection together with their ancestors back to their most recent common ancestor as well as all of that ancestor's descendants.
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Cryptodira
Cryptodira (hidden neck) is a suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
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Ctenochelys
Ctenochelys is an extinct genus of marine turtle (Cryptodira, Cheloniidae), which existed during the Cretaceous period, and lived in the shallow waters of the Western Interior Seaway.
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Dermatemydidae
The Dermatemydidae are a family of turtles.
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Dermochelyidae
Dermochelyidae is a family of turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles.
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Early Jurassic
The Early Jurassic epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic period.
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Edward Drinker Cope
Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist.
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Emarginachelys
Emarginachelys cretacea is a turtle belonging to the group Cryptodira, known from well preserved fossils from the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous of Montana.
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Emydidae
The Emydidae, commonly called terrapins, pond turtles, or marsh turtles, are a family of turtles.
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Emys
Emys is a small genus of turtles.
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Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Eurysternidae
Eurysternidae is an extinct family of turtles in the order Cryptodira.
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Evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
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Extinction
In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.
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Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
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Geoemydidae
Not to be confused with Geomyidae. The Geoemydidae (formerly known as Bataguridae) are one of the largest and most diverse families in the order Testudines (turtles), with about 70 species.
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Haichemydidae
Haichemydidae is an extinct family of turtles that belongs to the superfamily Testudinoidea.
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Hinge joint
A hinge joint (ginglymus) is a bone joint in which the articular surfaces are molded to each other in such a manner as to permit motion only in one plane.
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Iliocostalis
The iliocostalis is the muscle immediately lateral to the longissimus that is the nearest to the furrow that separates the epaxial muscles from the hypaxial.
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Jurassic
The Jurassic (from Jura Mountains) was a geologic period and system that spanned 56 million years from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period Mya.
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Kachuga
Kachuga (roofed turtles) is an obsolete genus formerly used for several species of Asian turtles, now placed in Batagur and Pangshura.
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Kinosternidae
The Kinosternidae are a family of mostly small turtles that includes the mud turtles and musk turtles.
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Kinosternoidea
Kinosternoidea is a superfamily of aquatic turtles, which included two families: Dermatemydidae, and Kinosternidae.
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Lindholmemydidae
Lindholmemydidae is an extinct family of turtles in the Testudinoidea.
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Longissimus
The longissimus (Latin for 'the longest one') is the muscle lateral to the semispinalis.
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Order (biology)
In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.
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Paracryptodira
Paracryptodira are an extinct group of turtles.
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Paraphyly
In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor excluding a few—typically only one or two—monophyletic subgroups.
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Pig-nosed turtle
The pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), also known as the pitted-shelled turtle or Fly River turtle, is a species of turtle native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea.
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Plesiochelyidae
Plesiochelyidae is an extinct family of turtles in the cryptodira suborder.
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Pleurodira
The Pleurodira are one of the two living suborders of turtles, the other being the Cryptodira.
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Pleurosternidae
Pleurosternidae is an extinct family of Testudines turtles.
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Protostegidae
Protostegidae is a family of extinct marine turtles that lived during the Cretaceous period.
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Sea turtle
Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines.
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Sinemydidae
Sinemydidae is an extinct family of Testudines turtles from Cretaceous to Paleocene deposits in Asia and North America.
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Sinochelyidae
Sinochelyidae is an extinct family of Testudinoidea turtles found in China.
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Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy.
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Testudinoidea
Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Cryptodira of the order Testudines.
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The American Naturalist
The American Naturalist is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1867.
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Tortoise
Tortoises are a family, Testudinidae. Testudinidae is a Family under the order Testudines and suborder Cryptodira.
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Trionychia
Trionychia is a superfamily of turtles which encompasses the species that are commonly referred to as softshelled turtles as well as some others.
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Trionychidae
The Trionychidae are a taxonomic family of a number of turtle genera commonly known as softshells.
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Turtle
Turtles are diapsids of the order Testudines (or Chelonii) characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield.
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Vertebra
In the vertebrate spinal column, each vertebra is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, the proportions of which vary according to the segment of the backbone and the species of vertebrate.
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Xinjiangchelyidae
Xinjiangchelyidae is an extinct family of Cryptodira found in Asia and western Europe.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptodira
