Biloricata for the family, believing that glyptodontines possessed a ventral plastron (bottom shell) and could pull their heads inside their carapaces like turtles...

are two hatching pleats on either side of the chorion, which acts as a plastron. Sometimes, the eggs can be difficult to separate from eggs of other species...

tortoise's body such as the neck, rear legs, cloacal opening, and skin between plastron and carapace. Some tortoises have been observed to exploit this mutualistic...

(Cicadomorpha, Cicadoidea, Tettigarctidae)". École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes. 9 (6): 83–94. Lukashevich, E.; Ansorge, J.;...