May 29, 2018 · turtle, a reptile [1] of the order Chelonia, with strong, beaked, toothless jaws and, usually, an armorlike shell. The shell normally consists of bony plates overlaid with horny shields.

TestudinesFamily: Pig-Nose Turtles Family: Australo-American Sideneck Turtles Family: Seaturtles Source for information on Testudines (Turtles and Tortoises): Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia …

Little Turtle Born 1752 (Whitley County, Indiana) Died July 14, 1812 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Miami tribal leader Little Turtle was a distinguished war chief of the Miami tribe of Native Americans in the Great …

BIG-HEADED TURTLE: Platysternidae PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS The family Platysternidae has only one member, the bigheaded turtle, which has the scientific name Platysternon megacephalum. …

The Turtles Pop group For The Record … Combined Folk and Surf A Move Toward the Psychedelic Disbanded the Turtles Selected discography Sources Although they never reached the rock-star …

New World pond turtles (Emydidae) Class ReptiliaOrder TestudinesSuborder CryptodiraFamily EmydidaeThumbnail description Small- to medium-sized turtles; carapace may be depressed, …

Ringed Map Turtle Graptemys oculifera Status Threatened Listed December 23, 1986 Family Emydidae (Turtle) Description Small, sawbacked turtle; dark olive brown with yellow-ringed shields.

Jun 8, 2018 · The turtle shell is part of the skeleton with the rib bones fused to the interior portion, so turtles cannot leave their shells. Excluding the sea turtles, most species are able to retract their head …

Australo-American sideneck turtles (Chelidae) Class ReptiliaOrder TestudinesSuborder PleurodiraFamily ChelidaeThumbnail description Medium to large sideneck turtles with a nuchal …

Biology: Ontogeny and Phylogeny Introduction A famous but scientifically inaccurate phrase, “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny,” was coined by German biologist Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) in the 1860s. …