| 1. | The carapace is further divided into large plates, or scutes.
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| 2. | Reports of aetosaurs from Madagascar are based on probable crocodylomorph scutes.
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| 3. | Armor includes three conical scutes and one tall, spiny element.
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| 4. | The larger scutes display a pattern of black or yellow lines.
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| 5. | The concept was originally developed for the study of turtle scutes.
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| 6. | It is consisted by two complete rows of firmly sutured scutes.
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| 7. | Each paramedian scute is covered in a random pattern of pits.
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| 8. | Estuarine crocodiles do not have these scutes and their snout is broader.
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| 9. | Some scutes contain a single pore known as an integumentary sense organ.
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| 10. | Typically, 11 or 12 pairs of marginal scutes rim the carapace.
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