Testudinoidea
Testudinoidea | |
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Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) a species of the family Emydidae in the Testudinoidea superfamily
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Durocryptodira
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Clade: | Pantestudinoidea |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea Fitzinger, 1826[1] |
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Testudinoidea is a
Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic big-headed turtle (Family: Platysternidae), and the tortoises
(Family: Testudinidae).
Systematics
A 2021 study found the clade to be divided into two extant groups:
Platysternidae. The extinct Lindholmemydidae, formerly classified in Testudinoidea, may fall outside the crown group of Testudinoidea, although there is not yet enough evidence for this.[2]
- Pantestudinoidea
- †Lindholmemydidae?
- Testudinoidea
- †Wutuchelys
- †Haichemydidae
- †Sinochelyidae
- Testuguria
- Geoemydidae
- Testudinidae
- Emysternia
- Emydidae
- Platysternidae
References
- ^ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.178
- ISSN 1664-2384.
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.