At the present day the Chelonia alone include oceanic, fresh-water, and terrestrial forms.
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Turtles and tortoises belong to the order known as Chelonia.
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The turtle-group (Chelonia) makes its appearance in the Triassic and thrives in the Jurassic.
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Or to turn to the higher Vertebrata-inwhat sense are the Liassic Chelonia inferior to those which now exist?
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CHELONIA.-Anorder of Reptiles including the Turtles, Tortoises, etc.
Ús de Testudinata en anglès
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The North American Testudinata.
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The Third Part exemplifies the bearing of Embryology upon these general questions, while it contains the fullest illustration of the embryonic growth of the Testudinata.
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We see that the other two parts are devoted to the description and delineation of a single order of Reptilia,-theTestudinata, or "Turtles."
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Tortoises (Testudinata, or Chelonians) belong to a very numerous order of reptiles, the usual form of which is too well known to require description.
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The two first cases devoted to Testudinata (18, 19) contain the American, Indian, and African varieties of the land tortoise.