Pleurodiran, Cryptodiran, and Trionychoidea skulls: Podocnemis, Platypeltis, Thalassochelys, & Colpochelys
Description
English: Illustration of skulls and mandibles of Podocnemis, Platypeltis, Thalassochelys, and Colpochelys from The Osteology of the Reptiles (1925)
Date
1925
date QS:P571,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Inscriptions
Fig. 31. A, Pleurodiran skull: Podocnemis, from below. B, the same, from the side. One half natural size. C, Trionychoid mandible Platypeltis, from the inner side. Three halves natural size. D, Cryptodiran skull, Thalassochelys, occiput. One half natural size. E, Cryptodiran skull, Colpochelys, from above. One half natural size.
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Captions
Labelled drawings of skulls of three different kinds of turtles: Pleurodira (side-necked, A and B), Cryptodira (D and E), and Trionychoidea (soft-shelled turtles, C)