In the Pleurodira, these vertebrae are narrow in cross-section and spool-shaped with biconvex centra on one or more of the cervicals.
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As a member of the sub-family Pleurodira this species is a side-necked turtle and also a snake-necked strike and gape predator.
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The "'Chelidae "'are one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira and are commonly called the Austro-South American side-neck turtles.
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The Pleurodira are known more commonly as the side-necked turtles and the name Pleurodira quite literally translates to side neck, whereas the Cryptodira are known as hidden-necked turtles.
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The Pleurodira are known more commonly as the side-necked turtles and the name Pleurodira quite literally translates to side neck, whereas the Cryptodira are known as hidden-necked turtles.
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Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira ( side-neck turtles ) in that they lower their necks and pull the heads straight back into the shells, instead of folding their necks sideways along the body under the shells'margins.
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Within the Pleurodira, two living families are represented : Chelidae, also known as the Austro-South American side-necked turtles, and the Pelomedusidae, also known as the Afro-South American side-necked turtles.
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Since most of the elements used to systematically classify a fossil turtle in the Pleurodira ( such as the skull ) were missing, the species affiliation was determined by the attachment of the specimen's pelvis to its carapace.
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*Zootaxa 4006 ( 1 ) : 059 082 ( 21 Aug . 2015 ) A new species and subgenus of Elseya ( Testudines : Pleurodira : Chelidae ) from New Guinea SCOTT THOMSON, YOLARNIE AMEPOU, JIM ANAMIATO & ARTHUR GEORGES Abstract
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They are quite closely related to the South American side-necked swamp turtles ( " Acanthochelys " ) and the snake-necked turtles of the Australian-Melanesian region ( " Chelodina " ), but less closely to the spine-necked river turtles of South America ( " Podocnemididae " ) which belong to a more modern lineage of Pleurodira.
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