[DOC] [TLE] Science Explorations: Animals, Adaptation, and the Galpagos ... [PAR] All turtles belong to the class of backboned animals known as reptiles. ... In this 
article, all of these animals will be referred to generally as turtles, though the 
proper name for a ... The bony plates are covered with broad, thin scales called 
laminae. ... Its body does not have the same oxygen needs that it has when the 
turtle is... [DOC] [TLE] Evolution of the Reptiles - Dictionary definition of Evolution of the ... [PAR] Definition of Evolution of the Reptiles  Our online dictionary has Evolution of the 
... Through time reptiles have evolved into unique forms, such as turtles, ... that 
they have an extensive covering of scales or bony plates or both (individual .... 
The animal came from Pliocene (5.31.8 mya) sediments, not long ago at all in 
terms... [DOC] [TLE] BIL 106 - Lecture 11 [PAR] These are the closest living relatives of the four-legged vertebrates, tetrapods. ... 
keratinized epidermal scales; in some species, bony dermal plates (scutes) ... 
Turtles lack teeth, but have sharp cutting edges to the maxilla (upper jaw) ... 
These are the original scaley-skinned animals, though all mammals and birds 
also have... [DOC] [TLE] Can a Turtle Pull Its Whole Body in Its Shell at Once? | Animals ... [PAR] Small bony plates called dermal bones grow in the skin and fuse with the turtles' 
rib cages. ... Most turtles have keratinized scutes on the outside of their shells, 
though some -- including ... jaws. The shells of sea turtles do not function like the 
shells of freshwater species do; these turtles cannot withdraw into their shells at 
all. [DOC] [TLE] Reptilia - Science in Context - Gale [PAR] There are more than 7,000 species of living reptiles--the vast majority are ... of the 
shell can be covered with scaly, armored plates, (all land turtles and most ... jaws, 
and muscular tail are covered with heavy armor with bony plates. These 
aggressive predators have conical teeth and short legs with webbed, clawed toes
. [DOC] [TLE] Turtle - Wikipedia [PAR] Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (or Chelonii) characterised by a 
special bony or ... The order Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct 
species. ... Some languages do not have this distinction, as all of these are 
referred to by .... it has been shown that the turtle shell both releases carbonate 
buffers and... [DOC] [TLE] Stegosaurus - Wikipedia [PAR] Stegosaurus is a genus of armored dinosaur. Their fossil bones have been found 
in rocks ... Stegosaurus would have lived alongside dinosaurs such as 
Apatosaurus, ... The function of this array of plates and spikes has been the 
subject of much ... of the jaws may have precluded the presence of cheeks in 
these species. [DOC] [TLE] Diversity of Vertebrates [PAR] You should become very familiar with these traits, and identify how they are ... 
Tracing vertebrate evolution through the fossil record ... Vertebrates, among all 
species of animals in the world, have the best fossil ... no jaws.  no paired 
appendages.  a completely cartilagenous skeleton ... flat, bony plates instead of 
teeth. [DOC] [TLE] Biological Diversity 9 - Estrella Mountain Community College [PAR] Coelomates are animals that have internal body cavities, or coeloms. ... 
Deuterostomes are coelomate animals these embryological characteristics: ... 
Spines project from the endoskeletal plate through the thin dermis. .... The 
vertebrate skeleton is living tissue (either cartilage or bone) that grows as the 
animal grows. [DOC] [TLE] Get PDF (100K) - Wiley Online Library [PAR] both the back and the underside. ... turtle, and in their place is a new, tessellated 
shell, composed of small bony plates, ... has nothing to do with the true bony 
carapace of other turtles. ... These animals, too, have no free toes and may have 
either ... With their horny jaws, turtles cut off pieces of food and swallow them 
whole. [DOC] [TLE] Check and uncheck as needed to select sections to print. Then ... [PAR] Although some extinct

Question: Though all species have bony plates on both jaws, no living turtle has these
Answer: teeth