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2023-10-14 01:14:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 49272ABD88EAF9C2F8B98E40F9D06B714CC9CF23EF31478B60C135B2684BB460
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While it is true that turtles have 13 main scutes in the middle of the carapace, the number of marginal scutes is 24 or 25 in most turtles. "Around the edge of the shell are 12 pairs of marginal scutes. [...] At the anterior of the shell there may be a cervical scute" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_shell https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bojanus_fig9.jpg https://www.researchgate.net/figure/General-structural-pattern-of-pholidosis-of-the-turtle-shell-and-nomenclature-of-horn_fig1_272474845 https://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/geol431/images/pough002.jpg
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