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...

from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked turtles), which differ...

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...

Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. The family...

Abdel-Aziz; Abu El-Kheir, Gebely (2023-02-16). "The First Side-Necked Turtle (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of Egypt". Diversity...

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Cheloniidae – sea turtles Family Dermochelyidae – leatherback turtles Suborder Pleurodira Family Chelidae – Austro-American sideneck turtles Family Pelomedusidae...

New data on the early diversification of Pelomedusoides (Testudines, Pleurodira) in northern Gondwana". Cretaceous Research. 102: 112–126. Bibcode:2019CrRes...

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...

List of reptile genera lists the vertebrate class of reptiles by living genus, spanning two subclasses. Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines characterized...

times of ancient South American and Malagasy river turtles (Testudines: Pleurodira: Podocnemididae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 8 (5): 388–398. Bibcode:2008ODivE...

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...

Class: Reptilia Clade: Diapsida Order: Testudines Suborder Cryptodira Pleurodira   Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017...

aestivate through the dry season, burying themselves in the mud. Within Pleurodira, Pelomedusidae is more closely related to the South American and Malagasy...

turtle or simply the Arrau, is the largest of the side-neck turtles (Pleurodira) and the largest freshwater turtle in Latin America. The species primarily...

Redbank Plains, Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the Chelidae Pleurodira. The fossil has been dated to the Eocene Epoch. †Chelodina insculpta de...

"Neuroanatomical study of the podocnemidid turtle Neochelys arenarum (Pleurodira), from the early Eocene of France". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar...

terrestrial for testudinates. The two modern groups of turtles (Testudines), Pleurodira and Cryptodira, diverged by the beginning of the Late Jurassic. The oldest...

; Jaramillo, Carlos A. (2010), "New Podocnemidid Turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the Middle-Upper Paleocene of South America", Journal of Vertebrate...

Class: Reptilia Clade: Diapsida Order: Testudines Suborder Cryptodira Pleurodira   Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017...

(4 June 2016). "A new turtle confirms the presence of Bothremydidae (Pleurodira) in the Cenozoic of Europe and expands the biostratigraphic range of Foxemydina"...

Langer, M. C. (2024). "The latest freshwater giants: a new Peltocephalus (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) turtle from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Amazon"...

Class: Reptilia Clade: Diapsida Order: Testudines Suborder Cryptodira Pleurodira   Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017...

length and 0.8–1.0 t (1,800–2,200 lb). The largest of side-necked turtles (Pleurodira) is the Arrau turtle (Podocnemis expansa). Its carapace length is up to...

Some osteological aspects of Araripemys barretoi Price, 1973 (Chelonii, Pleurodira, Araripemydidae). In Atas do I Simpósio sobre a Bacia do Araripe e Bacias...

Class: Reptilia Clade: Diapsida Order: Testudines Suborder Cryptodira Pleurodira   Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017...

"Hidden-Neck Turtles" or the "Inside-Neck Turtles". Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira (side-necked turtles) in that they lower their necks and pull the heads...

Class: Reptilia Clade: Diapsida Order: Testudines Suborder Cryptodira Pleurodira   Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017...

Class: Reptilia Clade: Diapsida Order: Testudines Suborder Cryptodira Pleurodira   Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017...