Talk:Pleurodira

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Am starting to rewrite this have added a lot will get refs in asap. Am leaving the no refs tag in for now. Need to plan out the article first. Any suggestions please comment here. Faendalimas (talk) 23:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

largest turtle fossil is a Pleurodira

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-largest-turtle-20120518,0,6876731.story — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.87.130.113 (talk) 04:36, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

See Carbonemys. I'm not sure it's the largest as Archelon and others are the size of a smart car. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 11:35, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

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Symmetry question

Given that the way these turtles withdraw their necks into the shell is inherently asymmetrical (i.e., the head ends up skewed either to the left or the right), that raises a seemingly obvious question: do they display any sort of handedness? Is there any kind of asymmetry in their anatomy that would favor one orientation or the other, or do they just randomly choose between left or right each time they withdraw their heads? Does it vary depending on species (or individually)? It seems like there would be more written about this, but it seems surprisingly hard to find. 173.27.3.111 (talk) 04:59, 23 May 2025 (UTC)