10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPOPLASTRA»
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1
Turtles of the United States and Canada
The forepart of the plastron (Figure 1.2) is composed of a median bone, the
entoplastron, which is surrounded anteriorly by two epiplastra and posteriorly by
two hyoplastra. Behind these are a pair each of hypoplastra and xiphiplastra. In
some ...
Carl H. Ernst, Jeffrey E. Lovich, 2009
2
Biology and Conservation of Ridley Sea Turtles
In mature Lepidochelys, these large plastral bones lose all of the proximal and
distal interdigitations that characterize the hyo- and hypoplastra of most sea
turtles, their flanks being separated from adjacent bones by only a narrow strip of
...
3
Biology of Turtles: From Structures to Strategies of Life
In juvenile cheloniids the hyoplastra and hypoplastra have a “sunburst”
appearance with numerous long spines, especially on the proximal edge. The
epiplastra and xiphiplastra are somewhat curved and rather narrow, and they
make mutual ...
Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels, 2007
4
The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia
Particularly distinctive for this genus are the enlarged epiplastra, connected to the
entoplastron and the hypoplastra via a suture, and directed antero-medially
rather than transversely as in other representatives of this family. In this respect ...
Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, 2003
5
Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo ...
None are complete and all the medial parts of the hyoplastra and hypoplastra
lack the lateral parts. Many but not all exhibit an anastomosing and somewhat net
-like pattern of shallow grooving. All have distinct to extreme thickening toward
the ...
6
Professional paper - United States Geological Survey
The epiplastra meet on the midline by a suture 30 millimeters long; the
hypoplastra f or 120 millimeters, the mesoplastra for 30 millimeters, the
hypoplastra for 95 millimeters, and the xiphiplastra for 88 millimeters. The
buttresses are rather ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1917
7
The vertebrate skeleton
Sidney Hugh Reynolds. The hypoplastra (fig. 62, 4) are flattened bones
resembling the hyoplastra, with which they are united by long sutures ; the
posterior half of both outer and inner surfaces is drawn out into a number of
pointed processes.
8
Reptilian Faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and Underlying ...
The outwardly directed processes are missing from both the hyoplastra and
hypoplastra. The whole lower surfaces of these bones are sculptured into a
network of ridges inclosing pits of varying shapes and sizes, nowhere having any
regular ...
Charles Whitney Gilmore, 1919
9
The Biology of Sea Turtles
The plastron of all sea turtles is a composite of four paired bony elements (
epiplastra, hypoplastra, hyoplastra, and xiphiplastra). Cheloniids also have one
unpaired bony element, the entoplastron, located medially in the anterior half of
the ...
Jeanette Wyneken, Kenneth J. Lohmann, John A. Musick, 2013
10
U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
The epiplastra meet on the midline by a suture 30 millimeters long; the
hypoplastra for 120 millimeters, the mesoplastra for 30 millimeters, the
hypoplastra for 95 millimeters, and the xiphiplastra for 88 millimeters. The
buttresses are rather ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1917
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPOPLASTRA»
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hypoplastra is used in the context of the following news items.
Musk turtles and mud turtles: look boring, are secretly hyper-diverse
... in between the forelimbs, and in between the epiplastra and hypoplastra). The kinosternid carapace is normally domed, but the aptly named ... «Scientific American, May 14»
