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- List_of_Testudines_families abstract "There are fourteen extant families of the order Testudines, an order of reptile commonly known as turtles, tortoises and terrapins. The testudines are some of the most ancient reptiles alive, with only the tuataras considered more primitive. There are approximately 300 extant species and 97 genera of testudines, split into two suborders: the Cryptodirans 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 side-necked turtles, have long necks, and fold them sideways to align them with the shell. The Pelomedusidae and Chelidae are the only extant families of pleurodires. The Cryptodirans pull their neck straight back to conceal their head within the shell. The Carettochelyidae, Cheloniidae, Chelydridae, Dermatemydidae, Dermochelyidae, Emydidae, Kinosternidae, Testudinidae and Trionychidae are all cryptodires, although the ability to retract the head has been lost in the sea turtles (Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae). A third order, the Paracryptodirans, are extinct.Reptiles are classified according to the pattern of fenestration in the temporal region of the skull. Testudines are placed in the subclass Anapsida because they lack fenestration. There are suggestions that this lack of fenestration is a secondary characteristic and that turtles belong in Diapsida.Both sides cite strong evidence, and the conflict has yet to be resolved. The shell of testudines distinguishes them from other vertebrates. The shell is not an exoskeleton, but a modified ribcage and part of the vertebral column. Because of the shell, the pectoral and pelvic girdles are located within the ribcage. The limb bones are also modified to accommodate to the shell.The earliest known turtles are from fossils in the Upper Triassic. These fossils are nearly indistinguishable from modern turtles anatomically. In these early fossils (mostly of the genus Proganochelys), the teeth have already been lost, and a keratin beak is suggested by the mandibles. Important differences between Proganochelys and modern turtles are the presence of the palatal teeth (lost in modern species), the inability to retract the head within the shell, and the lack of a trochlear pulley in the jaw closing anatomy.".
- List_of_Testudines_families class Reptile.
- List_of_Testudines_families kingdom Animal.
- List_of_Testudines_families order Turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families phylum Chordate.
- List_of_Testudines_families thumbnail Carettochelys_insculpta.jpg?width=300.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageID "5516287".
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageLength "9576".
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageOutDegree "102".
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageRevisionID "671147198".
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink African_helmeted_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Aldabra_giant_tortoise.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Alligator_snapping_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Amboina_box_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Anapsid.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Anapsida.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink August_Batsch.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Big-headed_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Carettochelyidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Carolus_Linnaeus.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lists_of_reptiles.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Category:Taxonomic_lists_(families).
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Category:Turtles.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Central_American_river_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Chelidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Cheloniidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Chelydridae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Chordata.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Common_snakeneck_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque-Schmaltz.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Cryptodira.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Cuora_amboinensis.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Dermatemydidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Dermochelyidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Diapsid.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Diapsida.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_long-necked_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Edward_Drinker_Cope.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Emydidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Exoskeleton.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Extant_species.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Family_(biology).
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink File:GreenSeaTurtle-2.jpg.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink File:Sternotherus_odoratus.jpg.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Genera.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Geoemydidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink George_Albert_Boulenger.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Green_sea_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink John_Edward_Gray.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Keratin.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Kinosternidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Late_Triassic.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Leatherback_sea_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Leopold_Fitzinger.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Louis_Agassiz.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Madagascan_big-headed_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Madagascar_big-headed_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Mandible.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Neontology.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Nicolaus_Michael_Oppel.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Order_(biology).
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Paracryptodira.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Pelomedusidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Pig-nosed_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Platysternidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Pleurodira.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Podocnemididae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Proganochelys.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Red-eared_slider.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Reptile.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Rib_cage.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Ribcage.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Skull.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Spiny_softshell_turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Sternotherus_odoratus.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Suborders.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Terrapin.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Testudines.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Testudinidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Tortoise.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Triassic.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Trionychidae.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Tuatara.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Turtle.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Upper_Triassic.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Vertebral_column.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink Wikt:fenestration.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink William_Theobald.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink File:Alligator_snapping_turtle.jpg.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink File:Apalone_spinifera.jpg.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink File:Carettochelys_insculpta.jpg.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink File:Cuora_amboinensis_kamaroma_j.jpg.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink File:Dermatemydidae.JPG.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink File:Eastern_long_neck_tortoise_-_chelodina_longicollis.jpg.
- List_of_Testudines_families wikiPageWikiLink File:Erymnochelys_madagascariensis.jpg.