[DOC] [TLE] Turtle shell - Wikipedia [PAR] The turtle shell is a highly complicated shield for the ventral and dorsal parts of 
turtles, tortoises ... Hence understanding the structure of the shell in living species 
gives us comparable ... Below this the rest of the vertebral column. ... and the 
leatherback sea turtle have lost the scutes and reduced the ossification of the 
shell. [DOC] [TLE] Ichthyosaur - Wikipedia [PAR] Ichthyosaurs were large marine reptiles. Ichthyosaurs belonged to the order 
known as ... The first known illustrations of ichthyosaur bones, vertebrae and limb 
... The type species was Ichthyosaurus communis, based on a now lost skeleton. 
... erroneously assumed these would have been visible on the living animal. [DOC] [TLE] Shannon Stevens Teaching Site - Faculty Websites [PAR] Dec 12, 2006 ... The male Gibba may be clueless, he may at the moment have the ... The turtle's 
core morphology has changed little over time, and today's 250 or so living 
species all .... Leatherback sea turtles dine only on jellyfish, or what they think are 
... Those ribs, spinal vertebrae and other skeletal bones are then fused... [DOC] [TLE] exZOOberance - Sea Turtle [PAR] Aug 7, 2015 ... The loggerhead and the olive ridley sea turtles have true, but ... bony carapace 
and is the only living turtle to have free ribs and vertebrae. ... The hawksbill has 
also been hunted for its shell and has been classified as a threatened species. 
Scientific classification: The leatherback is the sole representative of... [DOC] [TLE] Pleated turtle escapes the box  shape changes in Dermochelys ... [PAR] The leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, has a flexible bony ... The 
carapace is formed from costal bones with fused ribs, neural bones with fused 
thoracic vertebrae, and ... The viscera can only occupy a restricted volume, so, for 
example, the ... The leatherback is by far the largest living turtle species, adult 
animals... [DOC] [TLE] Leatherback Sea Turtle | National Geographic [PAR] These reptilian relics are the only remaining representatives of a family of turtles 
... Leatherbacks have the widest global distribution of all reptile species, and... [DOC] [TLE] Turtle in the Gap | Answers in Genesis [PAR] Jun 29, 2013 ... Among living turtles, the leatherback marine turtle lacks a solid ... The 
Eunotosaurus lacks a plastron but has ribs and vertebrae ... but does not 
demonstrate evolutionary transitions, only variation. ... Embryology reveals a 
continuous sequence of steps that successfully produce a fully developed 
organism. [DOC] [TLE] A new species of the fossil turtle Psephophorus (Order Testudines ... [PAR] Until now the genus Psephophorus has been known only from Tertiary ... The 
leatherback turtles (family Dermochelyidae) differ from all other turtles in ... made 
up of numerous bony platelets situated in a thick, leathery skin external to the free 
ribs .... A second thoracic vertebra has an antero-posterior length of 100 mm (Fig. [DOC] [TLE] Biogeography of Leatherback Turtles [PAR] Nov 14, 2002 ... The leatherback is the largest of living turtle species. ... Its ribs and vertebrae are 
fused to the shell, adding more strength while keeping the ... In other words, the 
leatherback has the ability to retain its body heat even while ... Hatchlings scurry 
toward the ocean in thousands, but only a few are successful. [DOC] [TLE] turtle | reptile | Britannica.com [PAR] May 21, 2015 ... There are about 300 species of turtles living on land in all continents except ... 
Every sea turtle species has long been killed for meat, with its eggs being ... The 
carapace consists of 10 trunk vertebrae and their ribs, which are overlain ... the 
shell and lodging itself so securely that a predator cannot pull it free. [DOC] [TLE] The Latest Record of the Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys ... [PAR] (Pritchard, 1982). The leatherback sea turtle is the only living species ... have 
evolved from a common ancestor during the ... the largest species in the world 
among living sea turtles. However .... bodies. Fusion of the vertebrae and ribs 
with the. [DOC] [TLE] Reptiles & Amphibians - Home Science Tools [PAR] The joints in between the individual vertebrae allow the backbone to be 
somewhat ... There are only

Question: The leatherback is the only living species of this that has free ribs & vertebrae
Answer: turtle