A giant chelonioid turtle from the late cretaceous of morocco with a suction feeding apparatus unique among tetrapods

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• who: Olivier Lambert et al. from the CNRS UMR, Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia have published the paper: A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods, in the Journal: PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org of July/11,/2013
• what: In aquatic turtles, the expansion of the buccal and pharyngeal cavities plays an important role, since the highly distensible oesophagus may serve as a water reservoir and entrap prey until . . .
  

   

  

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