BIO 370 — Vertebrate Zoology
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Vertebrate Anatomy
Turtle Skull
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Identify the listed structures on the skull of an
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)

Turtle skull plain
  • Angular
  • Articular
  • Beak
  • External Nares
  • Dentary
  • Frontal
  • Jugal
  • Maxilla
  • Orbit
  • Parietal
  • Postorbitals
  • Prefrontal
  • Premaxilla
  • Quadrate
  • Quadratojugal
  • Squamosal
  • Stapes
  • Supraoccipital
  • Surangular
  • Temporal Emarginations

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