Assertion: reptile's bone | /r/HasProperty | osteoderms
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text: This evidence also suggests that the carapace of later turtles arose from neural plates that hardened over time to become flat sections of bone (osteoderms) supported by wide dorsal ribs.
text: In some reptiles, including crocodilians and many lizards, it contains plates of bone called osteoderms which lie beneath and reinforce the horny epidermal scales.