Protostegid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Protostegid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any turtle in the family Protostegidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any turtle in the family Protostegidae.
Example Sentences
Loss of scutes (and corresponding loss of sucli^([sic]) on the underlying shell plates) is widely regarded as a derived condition that has occurred independently in trionychids, advanced carettochelyids (Carettochelyidae), and derived sea turtles such as dermochelyids and protostegids (e.g., Meylan 1988; Hirayama and Chitoku 1996).
Word Forms
- protostegids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include platysternid, kinosternid, stenostomid, stegosaurid, testudine, protelid.
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