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Memoirs of the Queensland Museum (1997),42(1):327-336 |
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Figure 4. Dorsal view of the anterior carapace of short-necked turtles showing the relative size between the vertebral scutes (V) and the presence or absence of the cervical scute (N) their relationship to the costal scutes (C) and marginals (M). Note the indentation at the anterior of some taxa. |
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Table 1. Character Matrix. Distribution of the key character states among taxa. Abbreviations (s = No. of species examined in group, n = No. of specimens), polymorphic characters shown: Pseud, Pseudemydura; Elat, Elseya latisternum group; Elus, Elusor; Rheo, Rheodytes; Else, Elseya dentata group; Elno, Elseya novaeguineae; EQld, Queensland Elseya group; Elav, Elseya lavarackorum (holotype); Emyd, Emydura. |
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| Taxa | Pseud(s=1)(n=2) | Elat(s=4)(n=20) | Elus(s=1)(n=18) | Rheo(s=1)(n=1) | Else(s=2)(n=25) | Elno(s=1)(n=2) | EQld(s=3)(n=10) | Elav(s=1)(n=1) | Emyd(s=4)(n=28) |
| Character A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Character B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Character C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Character D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Character E | 0 | 01 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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